Kalisz Governorate

Kalisz Governorate^[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.

Kalisz Governorate Калишская губерния Gubernia kaliska
Governorate of Congress Poland
1867–1915
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Capital	Kalish
Area
•	11,336.6 km2 (4,377.1 sq mi)
Population
• 1897[1]	840,597
History
• Established	1867
• Disestablished	1915
Preceded by Succeeded by Warsaw Governorate Government General of Warsaw

History

It was created in 1837 from the Kalisz Voivodeship, and had the same borders and centre (Kalisz) as the voivodeship.

The Reform of 1844 merged the governorate into the larger Warsaw Governorate, until the 1867 reform which reversed those changes and recreated the Kalisz Governorate.

Administrative division (since 1867)

The Kalisz Governorate was divided into 8 counties. List of counties:

• Kalisz County
• Koło County
• Konin County
• Łęczyca County
• Sieradz County
• Słupca County
• Turek County
• Wieluń County

Language

Numbers of speakers according to the Imperial census of 1897.^[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.

Language	Total	Percentage	Males	Females
Polish	705 400	83.91%	345 348	360 052
Yiddish	64 193	7.63%	30 941	33 252
German	61 482	7.31%	30 289	31 193
Russian	7 451	0.88%	5 985	1 466
Ukrainian	1 429	0.16%	1 391	38
Other[3]	618	<0.1%	521	97
No native language named	22	<0.01%	11	11
Total	840 597	100%	414 488	426 109

Notes

1. • Russian: Калишская губерния, romanized: Kalishskaya guberniya
   • Polish: Gubernia kaliska