Łomża Governorate

Łomża Governorate^{[lower-alpha 1]} was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Łomża.

Łomża Governorate Ломжинская губерния Gubernia łomżyńska
Governorate of Congress Poland
1867–1914
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Capital	Lomzha
Area
• Coordinates	53°10′N 22°5′E
•	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

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

External links

• (in Polish) Gubernia Łomżyńska w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom V (Kutowa Wola – Malczyce) z 1884 r.
• Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland