Łomża Governorate 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.
Governors 1893–95 Reinhold Roman von Essen (1836–95)
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.Language Statistics 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 OtherLanguages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000 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 +
References and notes
External links 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