Kalisz Governorate
1867–1915 unit of Poland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kalisz Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.
| Kalisz Governorate Калишская губерния Gubernia kaliska | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||
| 1867–1915 | |||||||||
Coat of arms
| |||||||||
.svg) | |||||||||
| Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| Capital | Kalish | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 11,336.6 km2 (4,377.1 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1897[1] | 840,597 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1867 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1915 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
History
It was created in 1837 from the Kalisz Voivodeship, and had the same borders and centre (Kalisz) as the voivodeship.
The Reform of 1844 merged the governorate into the larger Warsaw Governorate, until the 1867 reform which reversed those changes and recreated the Kalisz Governorate.
Administrative division (since 1867)
The Kalisz Governorate was divided into 8 counties. List of counties:
Language
| Language | Total | Percentage | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polish | 705 400 | 83.91% | 345 348 | 360 052 |
| Yiddish | 64 193 | 7.63% | 30 941 | 33 252 |
| German | 61 482 | 7.31% | 30 289 | 31 193 |
| Russian | 7 451 | 0.88% | 5 985 | 1 466 |
| Ukrainian | 1 429 | 0.16% | 1 391 | 38 |
| Other[3] | 618 | <0.1% | 521 | 97 |
| No native language named | 22 | <0.01% | 11 | 11 |
| Total | 840 597 | 100% | 414 488 | 426 109 |