Jerwen County

Coordinates: 59°00′N 25°00′E / 59.000°N 25.000°E / 59.000; 25.000 Jerwen County (German: Kreis Jerwen, German: Kreis Weissenstein, Estonian: Järva kreis, Estonian: Paide kreis, Russian: Йервенский уезд, Russian: Вейсенштейнский уезд) was one of the four counties of the Russian Empire located in the Governorate of Estonia.[1] It was situated in the central part of the governorate (in present-day northern Estonia). Its capital was Paide (Weissenstein). The territory of Kreis Jerwen corresponds to most of the present-day Järva County and small parts of Lääne-Viru and Rapla counties.[2]

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Jerwen had a population of 52,673. Of these, 96.7% spoke Estonian, 2.2% German, 0.8% Russian, 0.1% Yiddish and 0.1% Latvian as their native language.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Эстляндская губерния" (in Russian). Руниверс. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ajaloolise Järvamaa (Jerwen) lühitutvustus" (in Estonian). Estonian Manors. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "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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