Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era


Government Finances.
France:  Money Spent on Roads: 1804 - 1813

Note: All monies are in Francs.

Name of Road
Estimated Expense
Sums Spent 1804 - 1813
Mont Cenis
16,000,000
13,500,000
The Simplon
9,200,000
6,100,000
La Corniche
15,500,000
6,500,000
Mont Genevre
5,400,000
2,800,000
Fenestrelle
1,800,000
800,000
Lantaret
3,500,000
1,800,000
Alessandria to Savonia
4,000,000
2,600,000
Ceva to Port Maurice
2,600,000
560,000
Genoa to Alessandria via Garvi
1,800,000
150,000
Placenza to Genoa
5,500,000
300,000
Parma to La Spezzia
3,700,000
2,000,000
Paris to Madrid via Bayonne
8,000,000
2,000,000
Paris to Amsterdam
6,300,000
4,300,000
Paris to Hamburg
9,800,000
6,000,000
Maestrict to Venloo
2,100,000
1,960,000
Paris to Mayence
5,000,000
5,000,000
Tournus to Chambery
4,000,000
100,000
Total
104,200,000
58,670,000
Roads in the Departments
218,814,549
Total
277,484,549

 

Source:

Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. 4 New York : Charles Scribner's Sons; 1895. P. 441



 

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