Goldingen County

Goldingen County (German: Kreis Goldingen, Russian: Гольдингенский уезд, Latvian: Kuldīgas apriņķis) was one of the ten subdivisions of the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Kuldīga (Goldingen). Kreis Goldingen was situated in the western part of the governorate (in present-day southwestern Latvia).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Goldingen had a population of 66,335. Of these, 86.6% spoke Latvian, 8.5% German, 4.0% Yiddish, 0.3% Lithuanian, 0.3% Romani, 0.2% Russian and 0.1% Polish as their native language. [1]

References

  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.

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