Łomża Governorate

Ломжская Губерния Gubernia łomżyńska Łomża Governorate Governorate of Russian Empire ←   ← 1867–1914 → Coat of arms Łomża Governorate (in light pink) Capital Łomża 53°10′N 22°5′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

• 1893-1895 Reinhold Roman von Essen (1836–1895)

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. 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	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

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