Goldingen County ( Latvian: Kuldīgas apriņķis ; German: Kreis Goldingen ) is the former administrative unit of the Courland province (1819-1918), then the Republic of Latvia (1920-1940) and later the Latvian SSR (1940 / 1944-1949). The county town is Goldingen (now Kuldiga ).
| Goldingen County | |
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| A country |  Russian empire |
| Province | Courland province |
| County town | Goldingen |
| Population | 66 335 [1] (1 897) people |
| Square | 2,840.0 verst² |
| Educated | 1819 |
| Abolished | |
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Kuldig County as part of Latvia (1940)
History
The county was created in 1819 as a result of territorial administrative reform [2] .
Goldingen County consisted of 2 cities and 9 villages [3] , and its area was 3,306.8 km².
Population
According to the 1897 census, the county population was 66,335 people, including 9,720 inhabitants in Goldingen [1] .
National composition
National Census of 1897 [4] :
- Latvians - 57,415 people (86.6%),
- Germans - 5626 people. (8.5%),
- Jews - 2639 people (4.0%),
Administrative Division
In 1913 there were 27 volosts in the county: [5]
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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. Petersburg, 1862.
- ↑ Okupētās Latvijas administratīvi teritoriālais iedalījums. Latvijas Valsts arhīvu ģenerāldirekcija. Riga, 1997. ISBN 9984-9256-0-9 (Latvian)
- ↑ First general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897. Distribution of the population according to their native language. Goldingen County
- ↑ Volostnaya, stanichnaya, rural, communal governments and administrations, as well as police camps throughout Russia with the designation of their location . - Kyiv: Publishing House of the L.A. Fish, 1913.
Links
- Goldingen // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.