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The département was formed when the Southern Netherlands and the left bank of the Rhine were occupied by the French around 1795 . Before the occupation, its territory was divided under the Bishopric Of Liège , the abbacy of Stavelot - Malmedy , the duchies of Limburg , Luxembourg and Brabant , and the county of Namur . Its capital was Liège . It was subdivided into the following Arrondissement s and Cantons :
After Napoleon was defeated in 1814 , most of the département became part of the United Kingdom Of The Netherlands as the province of Liège . The easternmost part (Eupen, Malmedy, Sankt Vith, Kronenburg, Schleiden) became part of the Prussia n Rhine Province . |