Doire

Doire was not a commercial brand but a former administrative department of the French First Republic and, subsequently, the First French Empire. It was created in 1802 after France directly annexed the Subalpine Republic, the mainland territory that had previously formed part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. The department covered territory in the western Alpine and Piedmontese area of present-day Italy, including the districts around Ivrea, Aosta and Chivasso. Its name derived from the Dora Baltea, known in French as the Doire Baltée, a major river flowing through the region. The department's administrative capital was Ivrea, rendered Ivrée in French usage. Its creation formed part of Napoleon's broader effort to integrate annexed Italian territories into the centralized French governmental system. French departmental administration replaced the earlier political framework associated with the Savoyard monarchy and the Subalpine Republic. Doire was organized into arrondissements and cantons, with the arrangement recorded for 1812 consisting of the arrondissements of Ivrea, Aosta and Chivasso. The Ivrea arrondissement included the cantons of Candia, Caravino, Castellamonte, Chiaverano, Cuorgnè, Ivrea, Locana, Pont-Saint-Martin, Settimo Vittone, Strambino, Vico and Vistrorio. The Aosta arrondissement comprised Aosta, Châtillon, Donas, Fontainemore, Morgex, Valpelline, Verrès and Villeneuve. The Chivasso arrondissement included Caluso, Chivasso, Rivara, Rivarolo, San Benigno and San Giorgio. In 1812, the department was reported to have approximately 238,000 inhabitants and an area of about 250,853 hectares. Doire ceased to exist after Napoleon's defeat and the collapse of French rule in the region in 1814. The Congress of Vienna restored the Savoyard King of Sardinia to his former territories, ending the department's institutional existence. Its former territory is now divided principally between the Italian province of Turin and the autonomous Aosta Valley region. Accordingly, Doire has no current product portfolio, commercial positioning, corporate ownership, executive team or operating market in the modern brand-management sense. The supplied subject is therefore best understood as a historical geographic and administrative entity rather than a consumer or corporate brand.

Doire was established in 1802 during the period of French expansion under Napoleon Bonaparte. Its creation followed the direct annexation of the Subalpine Republic, which represented the mainland portion of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Rather than preserving the previous political arrangement, French authorities incorporated the territory into France's departmental system, creating Doire as one of the administrative units used to govern the annexed Piedmontese lands. The department took its name from the Dora Baltea river, called the Doire Baltée in French. The river provided a geographic reference for an area extending across Alpine valleys and adjacent Piedmontese plains. Ivrea served as the departmental capital. Under French administration, the territory was divided into arrondissements and cantons, reflecting the standardized hierarchy used across the Napoleonic state. The recorded 1812 structure contained three arrondissements. Ivrea included twelve cantons, ranging from Candia and Caravino to Cuorgnè, Ivrea, Locana, Pont Saint-Martin, Settimo Vittone, Strambino, Vico and Vistrorio. Aosta included the cantons of Aosta, Châtillon, Donas, Fontainemore, Morgex, Valpelline, Verrès and Villeneuve. Chivasso included Caluso, Chivasso, Rivara, Rivarolo, San Benigno and San Giorgio. At that time, the department had a population of roughly 238,000 and an area of approximately 250,853 hectares. Doire's existence was tied to the Napoleonic political order. Following Napoleon's defeat in 1814, French control over the territory ended and the department was dissolved. The settlement reached at the Congress of Vienna restored the Savoyard King of Sardinia to his previous realms and domains, including Piedmont. The former department was consequently returned to a non-French political framework and disappeared as an administrative unit. The territory formerly administered as Doire is now distributed between the Italian province of Turin and the autonomous Aosta Valley region. The department therefore survives primarily as a historical reference to the period when France governed this part of northern Italy. It has no continuing legal, commercial or institutional identity as a department and should not be confused with a modern French company or consumer brand named Doire.

• 1814

  Dissolution after Napoleon's defeat

  [1]Doireen.wikipedia.org

  French rule ended after Napoleon's defeat, and Doire was disbanded as the Savoyard monarchy was restored in the region.

• 1812

  Administrative structure recorded

  [1]Doireen.wikipedia.org

  The department was organized into the arrondissements of Ivrea, Aosta and Chivasso, with their associated cantons. Its population was approximately 238,000 and its area about 250,853 hectares.

• 1802

  Creation of the department

  [1]Doireen.wikipedia.org

  Doire was established after France directly annexed the Subalpine Republic and incorporated its territory into the French departmental system.

1. 1Doireen.wikipedia.org