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.

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

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