Ter was a former département of the First French Empire

First French Empire

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 in present day Spain

Spain

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, named after the Ter river. It was created on 26 January 1812 on Catalonia

Catalonia

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's annexation by the French Empire. Its subprefectures were Vic

Vic

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 and Figueres

Figueres

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. Its prefecture was Girona

Girona

Girona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...

 and had only one holder, Prudence-Guillaume de Roujoux, from February 1812 to 1813.

In March 1813 it was merged with the department of Sègre

Sègre (department)

Sègre was a former département of the First French Empire in present day Spain, named after the Segre river. It was created on 26 January 1812 on Catalonia's annexation by the French Empire. Its subprefectures were Talarn, Solsona and Cervera...

 into the department of Ter-et-Sègre

Sègre-Ter

Sègre-Ter was a department of France created in Spain on 7 March 1813 by merging the departments of Sègre and Ter. This merger was established by decree but never published in the Bulletin des lois, leaving its judicial status uncertain. The department was officially suppressed on 10 March 1814.-...

. This merger was established by decree but never published in the Bulletin des lois

Bulletin des lois

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, nor endorsed by any senatorial decree, leaving its legal status uncertain.

In 1814 the French left the Iberian Peninsula

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, having occupied it since 1807. The departments disappeared.