Łomża Governorate

Łomża Governorate Ломжская Губерния Gubernia łomżyńska
Governorate of Russian Empire
←   ← 1867–1914 →
Coat of arms
Łomża Governorate (in light pink)
Capital		Łomża 53°10′N 22°5′E / 53.167°N 22.083°ECoordinates: 53°10′N 22°5′E / 53.167°N 22.083°E
History
•	Established	1867
•	Disestablished	1914

Łomża Governorate (Russian: Ломжская губерния; Polish: Gubernia łomżyńska) was an administrative unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland with seat 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.^[1] 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[2]	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. Language Statistics of 1897 (Russian)
2. Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000

External links

• (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