Illyrian Provinces , Territory extension along the Dalmatian coast , the formed will be part of the Napoleons French Empire from 1809 to 1814. As the French Victory of 1809 Austria forced , part of his South Slavic land to France cede , connected Napoleon Krain, western Carinthia, Gorizia (Gorica; modern Gorizia), Istria and parts of Croatia. Dalmatia and Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik) form the Illyrian provinces that he incorporated into his empire. Napoleon's dominant interest in creating this political entity was to increase Austria's access to Italy and Lock Mediterranean . He also placed the able Marshal A.-F.-L. Viesse de Marmont responsible for the provinces.
Under Marmont's supervision, the provincial government organization was overhauled, the Napoléon Code introduced and roads and schools built. Local citizens were given administrative posts and native languages were used to conduct official business. In addition, serfs were freed and owned the lands they managed .
As a result of the French government, which ended in 1814 when the French were forced to return the Illyrian provinces to the Austrian Empire, the region not only made cultural and economic advances, but also developed a sense of Slavic unity and national consciousness that matured and manifest emerged in the 1830s and 1840s in powerful literary and political Illyrian Movement .