Illyrian Provinces - Administrative Divisions

Administrative Divisions

The area initially consisted of seven provinces: Upper Carinthia (capital Lienz), Istria (Trieste), Carniola (Ljubljana), Civil Croatia (Karlovac), Military Croatia (Senj), Dalmatia (Zara), and the Ragusa and Cattaro province (Dubrovnik).

In 1811 the Illyrian provinces saw an administrative reorganization. The seat of the Governor General was Ljubljana; the country was initially divided in 4 intendancies (Ljubljana, Karlovac, Trieste, Zara) and 10 sub-intendancies. Later that year, the number of intendancies was extended to eight, with Villach, Gorizia, Fiume and Ragusa being elevated to intendancy rank.

Two Chambers of Commerce were established, at Trieste and at Ragusa. The ecclesiastical administration was reorganized in accordance with the new political borders; two archdioceses were established with seats at Ljubljana and Zara, with suffragan dioceses at Gorizia, Capodistria, Šibenik, Spalato and Ragusa (1811).