Windau County

Windau County (German: Kreis Windau, Latvian: Ventspils apriņķis, Russian: Виндавский уезд) was one of the ten subdivisions of the Courland Governorate of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Ventspils (Windau). Kreis Windau was situated in the northwestern part of the governorate (in present-day western Latvia).

Name

	Noun	Adj.
German (Hauptmannschaft)	Hauptmannschaft Windau	windauische Hauptmannschaft
German (Kreis)	Kreis Windau	windauische Kreis
Russian (гауптманство)		Виндавское гауптманство
Russian (уезд)		Виндавский уезд

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. ^[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.