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{{Infobox Former Subdivision
| native_name            = {{native name|it|Dipartimento del Taro}}<br />{{native name|fr|Département du Taro}}
| conventional_long_name = Taro
| common_name            = Taro
| subdivision            = department
| nation                 = the [[First French Empire]]
| year_start             = 1808
| event_start            = Annexion from the [[Duchy of Parma]]
| date_start             =
| event1                 =
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| event2                 =
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| event3                 =
| date_event3            =
| year_end               = 1814
| event_end              = [[Treaty of Paris (1814)|Treaty of Paris]]
| date_end               =
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| p1                     = Duchy of Parma
| flag_p1                = Flag of the Duchy of Parma.svg
| s1                     = Duchy of Parma
| flag_s1                = Flag of the Duchy of Parma.svg
| image_flag             = Flag of France.svg
| image_coat             = Blason ville fr Parme-Empire.svg
| image_map              = Departements of French Empire South 1811-fr.svg
| image_map_caption      = Administrative map of the Italian portion of the [[First French Empire|French Empire]].
| capital                = [[Parma]]
| coordinates            = {{Coord|44|48|N|10|20|E|display=inline,title}}
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| political_subdiv       = 3 [[Arrondissement]]s <ref name=Gallica/>
| stat_year1             = 1812<ref name=Gallica/>
| stat_area1             = 5022.36
| stat_pop1              = 376558
}}
'''Taro''' ({{IPA|fr|ta.ʁo|lang}}) was a [[Departments of France|department]] of the [[First French Empire]] in present-day [[Italy]]. It was named after the [[Taro River]]. It was formed in 1808, when the [[Duchy of Parma and Piacenza]] was annexed by [[France]] under the [[Treaty of Lunéville]]. Its capital was [[Parma]].
The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the [[Congress of Vienna]], the Duchy was restored and given to [[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma|Marie Louise]], Napoleon's wife. Its territory is now divided between the [[Italian provinces]] of [[Province of Parma|Parma]] and [[Province of Piacenza|Piacenza]].
The most notable person born in the then-Département of Taro was the composer [[Giuseppe Verdi]] (born 9 or 10 October 1813 in the village of [[Le Roncole]] near [[Busseto]]).
==Subdivision==
The department was subdivided into the following ''[[arrondissement]]s'' and ''[[canton (administrative division)|cantons]]'' (situation in 1812):<ref name=Gallica>[http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k204214z/f470.image Almanach Impérial an bissextil MDCCCXII], p. 474-475, accessed in [[Gallica]] 18 August 2013 {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
* [[Parma]], cantons: [[Colorno]], [[Corniglio]], [[Parma|San Donato]], [[Fornovo di Taro|Fornovo]], [[Langhirano]], [[Parma|San Pancrazio]], [[Parma]] (2 cantons), [[Poviglio]], [[Sissa (Sissa Trecasali)|Sissa]], [[Traversetolo]] and [[Palanzano|Vairo]].
* [[Piacenza]] ({{langx|fr|Plaisance}}), cantons: [[Agazzano]], [[Bettola]], [[Borgonovo Val Tidone|Borgonovo]], [[Castel San Giovanni]], [[Pianello Val Tidone|Pianello]], [[Piacenza]] (2 cantons), [[Ponte dell'Olio]], [[Pontenure]], [[Rivergaro]] and [[Rottofreno]].
* [[Borgo San Donnino]], cantons: [[Bardi, Emilia-Romagna|Bardi]], [[Borgo San Donnino]], [[Busseto]], [[Carpaneto Piacentino|Carpaneto]], [[Cortemaggiore]], [[Fiorenzuola d'Arda|Fiorenzuola]], [[Fontanellato]], [[Lugagnano Val d'Arda|Lugagnano]], [[Monticelli d'Ongina|Monticelli]], [[Noceto]], [[Pellegrino Parmense|Pellegrino]], [[San Secondo Parmense|San Secondo]] and [[Zibello]].
Its population in 1812 was 376,558, and its area was approximately 502,236 hectares.<ref name=Gallica/>
==References==
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{{Annexed departments of the First French Empire}}
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[[Category:Former departments of France in Italy]]
[[Category:1808 establishments in the First French Empire]]
[[Category:Duchy of Parma]]