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| name = Ventspils County |
| name = Ventspils County |
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| native_name = {{ubl|{{lang|lv|Ventspils apriņķis}}|{{lang|ru|Виндавскій уѣздъ}}}} |
| native_name = {{ubl|{{lang|lv|Ventspils apriņķis}}|{{lang|de|Kreis Windau}}|{{lang|ru|Виндавскій уѣздъ}}}} |
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| settlement_type = [[Uezd|County]] |
| settlement_type = [[Uezd|County]] |
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| image_map = Courland Governorate Vindavsky uezd.svg |
| image_map = Courland Governorate Vindavsky uezd.svg |
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| extinct_date = 1949 |
| extinct_date = 1949 |
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| seat_type = Capital |
| seat_type = Capital |
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| seat = [[Ventspils |
| seat = [[Ventspils]] |
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| area_total_km2 = 3126.59 |
| area_total_km2 = 3126.59 |
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| population_as_of = 1897 |
| population_as_of = 1897 |
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{{commons category|Kreis Windau}} |
{{commons category|Kreis Windau}} |
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{{List of former Latvian counties and districts}} |
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Revision as of 11:00, 25 November 2024
Ventspils County
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 Location in the Courland Governorate | |
| Country | |
| Russian Governorate | Courland |
| Established | 1819 |
| Abolished | 1949 |
| Capital | Ventspils |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,126.59 km2 (1,207.18 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
• Total | 48,275 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
Ventspils County (Latvian: Ventspils apriņķis, German: Kreis Windau, Russian: Виндавскій уѣздъ, romanized: Vindavskiy uyezd) was a historic county of the Courland Governorate and of the Republic of Latvia. Its capital was Ventspils (Windau).
History
Created from northern parts of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and District of Pilten after incorporation into the Russian Empire. In 1819, County of Ventspils (Kreis Windau) became one of the ten counties of the Courland Governorate.
After establishment of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, the Ventspils apriņķis[1] existed until 1949, when the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR split it into the newly created districts (rajons) of Ventspils, Alsunga (dissolved in 1956) and Dundaga (dissolved in 1956).
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Windau had a population of 48,275. Of these, 85.2% spoke Latvian, 7.9% German, 2.9% Yiddish, 2.8% Lithuanian or Livonian (Livonian-speakers were recorded in this census as Lithuanian-speakers), 0.6% Russian, 0.3% Estonian, 0.2% Romani, 0.1% Polish and 0.1% Ukrainian as their native language.[2]
References
- ^ "Letonika.lv. Vārdnīcas - Latviešu—angļu vārdnīca. Apriņķis = district or county". www.letonika.lv. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
- ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России" (in Russian). Демоскоп Weekly. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
