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By a treaty concluded in 1860 between the Sardinian king and Napoleon III, the County was again ceded to France as a territorial reward for French assistance in the Second Italian War of Independence against Austria, which saw Lombardy unified with Piedmont-Sardinia.

The cession was ratified by over 25, 000 electors out of a total of 30, 700.

Savoy was also transferred to the French crown by similar means.