Łomża Governorate

1867–1914 unit of Poland

Łomża Governorate

Ломжинская губерния
Gubernia łomżyńska

Governorate of Congress Poland

1867–1914

Coat of arms

Location in the Russian Empire

Capital

Area

53°10′N 22°5′E / 53.167°N 22.083°E / 53.167; 22.083

•

10,545.2 km² (4,071.5 sq mi)

Population

• 1897^[1]

579,592

History

• Established

1867

• Disestablished

1914

Preceded by

Succeeded by

	Augustów Governorate
	Płock Governorate

Bialystok-Grodno District

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.

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

By the Imperial census of 1897.^[2] 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^[3]	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

^ "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

^
- Russian: Ломжинская губерния, pre-1918: Ломжинская губернія, romanized: Lomzhinskaya guberniya
- Polish: Gubernia łomżyńska

(in 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