Grobinsky district ( Latvian: Grobiņas apriņķis , German: Kreis Grobin ) is an administrative unit of the Courland province , which existed in 1819 - 1920. County town - Grobin .
| Grobinsky district | |
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| A country |  Russian empire |
| Province | Courland province |
| County town | Tombstone | Tombstone |
| History and Geography | |
| Date of formation | 1819 |
| Square | 1 843.4 verst² km² |
| Population | |
| Population | 110 878 [1] (1897) people |
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History
Grobinsky district was founded in 1819 as a result of administrative reform, when Grobinsky Hauptmannism was reorganized into a county. [2] . In 1920, Grobinsky county became part of Latvia , the center was transferred to Liepaja , and the county was renamed Liepaja . Palanga was transferred to Lithuania.
Population
According to the 1897 census, the county’s population was 110,878 people, including 9,720 inhabitants in Grobin , 64,489 inhabitants in Libava , and 1,400 inhabitants in the town of Polangen [1] .
National composition
The national composition of the census of 1897 [3] :
- Latvians - 64,890 people (58.5%),
- Germans - 16 942 people (15.3%),
- Russians - 7702 people (6.9%),
- Jews - 7173 people. (6.5%),
- Poles - 6400 people (5.8%),
- Lithuanians - 6118 people (5.5%),
Administrative Division
In 1913 there were 13 volosts in the county: [4]
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 First General Census of the Russian Empire in 1897. Courland province
- ↑ A. Oranovsky. Materials for geography and statistics of Russia: Courland province. Pēterburga, 1862.
- ↑ First general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population according to their native language. Grobinsky district
- ↑ Volostnaya, stanichnaya, rural, municipality governing and administration, as well as police stations throughout Russia with the designation of their location . - Kyiv: Publishing House of the L.A. Fish, 1913.
Links
- Grobin // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.