1867–1914 unit of Poland
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:
Language
- By the Imperial census of 1897.[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
References and notes
- ^ "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).
- ^ Language Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
- ^ Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000
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