Illuxt County

Location of Illukstsky Uyezd within the Courland Governorate

Illuxt County (German: Kreis Illuxt; Russian: Иллукстский уезд, Illukstskiy uyezd; Latvian: Ilūkstes apriņķis) was one of the ten counties of the Russian Empire located in the Courland Governorate. Its capital was Ilūkste (Illuxt). The most populous settlement was Grīva (Griwa-Semgallen) immediately south of Daugavpils. Kreis Illuxt was situated in the easternmost part of the governorate (in present-day southeastern Latvia), forming a wedge between Vilna (later Kovno) and Vitebsk Governorates.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Illuxt had a population of 66,461. Of these, 28.5% spoke Latvian, 17.3% Belarusian, 17.1% Polish, 15.2% Russian, 10.5% Lithuanian and 9.6% Yiddish as their native language. ^[1]

References

↑ "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.

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[1] "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.