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Seal of the Government-General of Algeria under the Second French Empire, 1865 Seal of the Government-General of Algeria (1960s) Chronological map of French Algeria's evolution, 1830–1962. In 1830, in the days before the outbreak of the July Revolution against the Bourbon Restoration in France , the conquest of Algeria was initiated by ...
French Algeria (French: Alger until 1839, then Algérie afterwards; [1] unofficially Algérie française, [2] [3] Arabic: الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France.
Once the Bey of Titteri (governor of the southern provinces), following the fall of Algiers he declared himself the new Dey of Algiers and began a campaign of resistance against the French army, until his capital was captured and he was forced to capitulate during the Médéa expedition. [5] Hadj Ahmed Bey: 1833 1848
In the 16th century, France signed capitulation treaties with the Ottomans, formalizing the Franco-Ottoman alliance. [102] In 1547, French trade rights and coral fishing were established in Algiers. [103] The French trade post in eastern Algeria, known as the Bastion of France, was taken over by the French Compagnie corail . [104]
During the French colonial period (1830–1962), Algeria contained a large European population of 1.6 million who constituted 15.2% of the total population in 1962. . Consisting primarily of French people, other populations included Spaniards in the west of the country, Italians and Maltese in the east, and other Europeans in small
Governors general of Algeria (44 P) Members of Parliament for French Algeria (51 P) P. Prefects of Constantine (4 P) S. Senators of French Algeria (15 P)
A poor relationship has major security, economic and social repercussions: trade is extensive and some 10 percent of France's 68 million population has links to Algeria, according to French officials.
Administrative map of French Algeria from 1934 to 1955, showing the Alger department in pink. The Department of Algiers (French: département d'Alger, [depaʁtəmɑ̃ dalʒe], Arabic: عمّالة الجزائر) [1] was a former French department in Algeria. The department of Alger existed between 1848 and 1974.