The Department of Sambra-i-Maas ( French Département de Sambre-et-Meuse ) is the administrative unit of the First French Empire , located on the lands of the modern Belgian province of Namur and part of Luxembourg . The department is named for the Sambra and Maas rivers.
| Department of the First French Empire | |
| Department of Sambra i Maas | |
|---|---|
| Sambre-et-meuse | |
 Department of Sambra i Maas in the territory of the historical Netherlands in 1811 | |
←   →October 1, 1795 - May 30, 1814 | |
| Capital | Namur |
The department was created on October 1, 1795, after the Austrian Netherlands was occupied by French troops. It included the main part of the territory of the county of Namur , as well as parts of the territories of the Principality-Bishopric of Liege , the Duchy of Brabant and the Duchy of Luxembourg .
After the defeat of Napoleon, these lands became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands .