Charles Ambroise de Caffarelli du Falga
For others with this surname, see Caffarelli.
Charles Ambroise de Caffarelli du Falga (1758–1826), baron Caffarelli, was canon of Toul before the French Revolution and one of the Caffarelli brothers. He became prefect under the First French Empire, then a member of the general counsel of Haute-Garonne. He was notably Prefect of the Ardèche, Calvados and Aube.
On February 24, 1814, Napoléon issued an imperial order discharging him of his post as Prefect of l'Aube.[1]
The quai Caffarelli and cours Caffarelli in Caen are named after him.
He wrote an "Abrégé des Géoponiques" (summary of the Geoponica attributed to Cassianus Bassus), Paris, 1812.
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- ↑ "Considérant que le préfet du département de l'Aube a quitté le territoire de son département, et notamment l'arrondissement de Nogent, lorsque nos troupes l'occupaient encore; que depuis il ne s'est pas mis en mesure de venir reprendre ses fonctions au moment de l'évacuation de son département par l'ennemi, nous avons décrété et décrétons ce qui suit : Le baron Caffarelli, préfet du département de l'Aube, est destitué." Bulletin des Lois, Premier trimestre 1814
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