Łomża Governorate

Łomża Governorate
Ломжинская губерния
Gubernia łomżyńska
Governorate of Congress Poland
1867–1914
Coat of arms of Łomża
Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire
CapitalLomzha
Area
 • Coordinates53°10′N 22°5′E / 53.167°N 22.083°E / 53.167; 22.083
 
• 
10,545.2 km2 (4,071.5 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
579,592
History 
• Established
1867
• Disestablished
1914
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Augustów Governorate
Płock Governorate
Bialystok-Grodno District

Łomża Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Łomża.

History

In 1867 territories of the Augustów Governorate and the Płock Governorate were divided into a smaller Płock Governorate, Suwałki Governorate (consisting mostly of the Augustów Governorate territories) and a recreated Łomża Governorate.

In 1893, a small amount of territory was transferred from the Łomża Governorate to the Warsaw Governorate.

Governors

  • 1893–95 Reinhold Roman von Essen (1836–95)

Administrative divisions

It was divided into seven counties:

County County Seat Major Towns
Kolneński County Kolno Jedwabno • Stawiski
Łomża County Łomża Nowogród • Śniadowo • Wizna • Zambrów
Maków County Maków Krasnosielc • Różan
Wysokie Mazowieckie County Mazowieck Ciechanowiec • Sokoły • Tykocin
Ostrołęka County Ostrołęka Myszyniec
Ostrów County Ostrów Andrzejewo • Brok • Czyżew • Nur
Szczuczyn County Szczuczyn Grajewo • Radziłów • Rajgród • Wąsosz

Language

  • By the Imperial census of 1897.[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
Language Number percentage (%) males females
Polish 448,065 77.3 220,787 227,278
Yiddish 91,236 15.74 44,669 46,567
Russian 27,941 4.82 25,233 2,708
German 4,651 0.8 2,387 2,264
Ukrainian 3,832 0.66 3750 82
Latvian 2,509 0.43 2,502 7
Other[3] 1,336 0.23 1,137 199
Persons
that didn't name
their native language 		14 >0.01 7 7
Total 579,592 100 300,487 279,105

References and notes

  1. ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г." [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897]. Demoscope Weekly (in Russian).
  2. ^ Language Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
  3. ^ Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000
  1. ^
    • Russian: Ломжинская губерния, pre-1918: Ломжинская губернія, romanized: Lomzhinskaya guberniya
    • Polish: Gubernia łomżyńska