Jump to content

Jerwen County

Coordinates: 59°00′N 25°00′E / 59.000°N 25.000°E / 59.000; 25.000
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jerwen County
Вейсенштейнскій уѣздъ
Location in the Governorate of Estonia
Location in the Governorate of Estonia
CountryRussian Empire
GovernorateEstonia
Established1745
Abolished1920
CapitalVeysenshteyn
Area
 • Total2,871.21 km2 (1,108.58 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total52,673
 • Density18/km2 (48/sq mi)

Jerwen County (German: Kreis Jerwen or Kreis Weissenstein, Estonian: Järva kreis or Paide kreis, Russian: Вейсенштейнскій/Еервенскій уѣздъ, romanizedVeysenshteynskiy/Yervenskiy uyezd) 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 Jerwen County corresponds to most of present-day Järva County and small parts of Lääne-Viru and Rapla counties.[2]

Demographics

[edit]

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Jerwen County 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

[edit]
  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.

59°00′N 25°00′E / 59.000°N 25.000°E / 59.000; 25.000