Talsu apriņķis

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Talsu apriņķis on the map of Latvia (1938).
Talsen County on the map of Courland Governorate (1820).

Talsu apriņķis (

Republic of Latvia. Its capital was Talsi
(Talsen).

History

The county was founded in 1617 as the Captaincy of Kandava (German: Hauptmannschaft Candau) of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. In 1795, the Duchy was incorporated into the Russian Empire. In 1819, the Captaincy of Kandava was renamed to County of Talsi (Kreis Talsen) and became one of the ten counties of the Courland Governorate.

After establishment of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, the Talsu apriņķis

Talsi, Dundaga (dissolved in 1956) and Kandava
(dissolved in 1959).

Demographics

At the time of the

Yiddish, 4.2% German, 0.3% Russian, 0.3% Romani and 0.1% Polish as their native language.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Letonika.lv. Vārdnīcas - Latviešu—angļu vārdnīca. Apriņķis = district or county". www.letonika.lv. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. ^ "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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