The department was disbanded after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. At the Congress of Vienna, the SavoyardKing of Sardinia was restored in all its previous realms and domains, including Piedmont. Its territory corresponded more or less with that of the present-day Italian province of Cuneo.
Subdivisions
The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):[1]
Its population in 1812 was 431,438, and its area was approximately 857,216 hectares.[1]
The Geographical Dictionary portable 1809 summarized the Department of Stura:
"Climate rough, hilly ground, stony, produces abundant fruit, nuts, mulberry, chestnut woods, pastures, some cattle, many horses, mules excellent, mines gold and silver, marble quarries, gold flakes in the rivers, mineral waters. Its inhabitants are simple, aggressive, small, agile, excellent foot: soft and laboring women. Great trade for Lyonsilk, fruit, truffles, fodder, livestock, dairy, marble, limestone, few factories and mills."
List of prefects
26 August 1802 – 1803 Jean Laurent de Grégory, comte de Marcorengo
24 September 1803 – 1810 Pierre Amédée Vincent Joseph Marie Arborio-Biamino
30 November 1811 – 12 March 1813 Auguste Joseph Baude de La Vieuville
12 March 1813 – March 1813 Antoine Louis Campan
25 March 1813 – 1814 Louis-Honoré-Félix Le Peletier d'Aunay