Lublin Governorate
Encyclopedia
Lublin Governorate ) was an administrative unit (governorate) of the Congress Poland
.
, and had the same borders and capital (Lublin
) as the voivodeship
.
Its lower levels of administration were also mostly unchanged, although renamed from obwód
s to powiat
s. There were ten of those units named after their capital cities: biłgorajski, chełmski, hrubieszowski
, janowski
, krasnystaw
ski, lubartowski
, lubelski
, puławski (from 1842: nowoaleksandryjski), tomaszowski
and zamojski
.
Reform of 1844 merged the governorate with Podlasie Governorate
, until the 1867 reform which reversed those changes (although Podlasie Governorate was renamed to Siedlce Governorate
). In 1912 some of the territories of the governorate were split off into the newly created Kholm Governorate
.
{| align="center" class="wikitable plainlinks TablePager"
|+
! |Language
! |Number
! |percentage (%)
! |males
! |females
|-----
|Polish
|729 529
|62.85
|360 700
|368 829
|-----
|Ukrainian
|196 476
|16.92
|99 665
|96 811
|-----
|Yiddish
|155 398
|13.38
|74 985
|80 413
|-----
|Russian
|47 912
|4.12
|36 888
|11 024
|-----
|German
|25 972
|2.23
|12 901
|13 071
|-----
|Estonian
|2 197
|0.18
|2 197
|0
|-----
|Other
|3 052
|0.26
|2 526
|526
|-----
|Persons
that didn't name
their native language
|126
|>0.01
|99
|27
|-----
|Total
|1 160 662
|100
|589 961
|570 701
|+
|}
Congress Poland
The Kingdom of Poland , informally known as Congress Poland , created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, was a personal union of the Russian parcel of Poland with the Russian Empire...
.
History
It was created in 1837 from the Lublin VoivodeshipLublin Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....
, and had the same borders and capital (Lublin
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
) as the voivodeship
Voivodeship
Voivodship is a term denoting the position of, or more commonly the area administered by, a voivod. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Serbia....
.
Its lower levels of administration were also mostly unchanged, although renamed from obwód
Obwód
Obwód is a term used in Polish to denote administrative districts in various countries, particularly as a translation of the Russian oblast...
s to powiat
Powiat
A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries. The term powiat is most often translated into English as "county", although other terms are also sometimes used...
s. There were ten of those units named after their capital cities: biłgorajski, chełmski, hrubieszowski
Hrubieszów
Hrubieszów is a town in southeastern Poland, with a population of 18,661 . It is the capital of Hrubieszów County. Since 1999 Hrubieszów has been part of Lublin Voivodeship . Earlier, 1975–98, it had been part of Zamość Province...
, janowski
Janów Lubelski
Janów Lubelski is a town in eastern Poland. It has 11,882 inhabitants .Situated in the Lublin Voivodship . It is the capital of Janów Lubelski County.It has a large hospital...
, krasnystaw
Krasnystaw
Krasnystaw is a town in eastern Poland with 19,615 inhabitants . Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship , previously in Chelm Voivodeship . It is the capital of Krasnystaw County....
ski, lubartowski
Lubartów
Lubartów is a town in eastern Poland, with 23,000 inhabitants , situated in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the capital of Lubartów County and the Lubartów Commune.-History:...
, lubelski
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
, puławski (from 1842: nowoaleksandryjski), tomaszowski
Tomaszów Lubelski
Tomaszów Lubelski is a town in south-eastern Poland with 20,261 inhabitants . Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship , previously in Zamość Voivodeship . It is the capital of Tomaszów Lubelski County.-History:...
and zamojski
Zamosc
Zamość ukr. Замостя is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the south-western part of Lublin Voivodeship , about from Lublin, from Warsaw and from the border with Ukraine...
.
Reform of 1844 merged the governorate with Podlasie Governorate
Podlasie Governorate
Podlasie Governorate was an administrative unit of the Kingdom of Poland.It was created in 1837 from the Podlasie Voivodeship; its capital was in Siedlce. In 1844 it was merged into a larger Lublin Governorate; in 1867 it was recreated as the Siedlce Governorate.-References:*Geographical...
, until the 1867 reform which reversed those changes (although Podlasie Governorate was renamed to Siedlce Governorate
Siedlce Governorate
Siedlce Governorate was an administrative unit of the Congress Poland.-History:It was created in 1867 from the division of the Lublin Governorate. It was in fact a recreation of the older Podlasie Governorate, but now renamed to Siedlce Governorate.-Language:*By the Imperial census of 1897...
). In 1912 some of the territories of the governorate were split off into the newly created Kholm Governorate
Kholm Governorate
Kholm Governorate or Chełm Governorate was an administrative unit of the Russian Empire. Its capital was in Chełm ....
.
Language
- By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
{| align="center" class="wikitable plainlinks TablePager"
|+
! |Language
! |Number
! |percentage (%)
! |males
! |females
|-----
|Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
|729 529
|62.85
|360 700
|368 829
|-----
|Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
|196 476
|16.92
|99 665
|96 811
|-----
|Yiddish
Yiddish language
Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
|155 398
|13.38
|74 985
|80 413
|-----
|Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
|47 912
|4.12
|36 888
|11 024
|-----
|German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
|25 972
|2.23
|12 901
|13 071
|-----
|Estonian
Estonian language
Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various émigré communities...
|2 197
|0.18
|2 197
|0
|-----
|Other
|3 052
|0.26
|2 526
|526
|-----
|Persons
that didn't name
their native language
|126
|>0.01
|99
|27
|-----
|Total
|1 160 662
|100
|589 961
|570 701
|+
|}