Harrien County

Uyezd in Estonia Governorate, Russian Empire

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Uezd in Estonia, Russian Empire

Harrien County Ревельскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Location in the Governorate of Estonia
Country	Russian Empire
Governorate	Estonia
Established	1745
Abolished	1920
Capital	Revel
Area
• Total	5,713 km² (2,206 sq mi)
Population (1897)
• Total	157,736
• Density	28/km² (72/sq mi)

Harrien County (German: Kreis Harrien or Kreis Reval, Estonian: Harju kreis, Russian: Ревельскій/Гарріенскій уѣздъ, romanized: Revelskiy/Garrienskiy uyezd) was one of the four counties of the Governorate of Estonia.^[1] It was situated in the central part of the governorate (in present-day northern Estonia). Its capital was Reval (Tallinn), which was the capital of the governorate as well. The territory of Harrien County corresponds to present-day Harju County and most parts of Rapla County.^[2]

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Harrien County had a population of 157,736. Of these, 82.9% spoke Estonian, 7.3% German, 6.8% Russian, 0.7% Swedish, 0.7% Yiddish, 0.7% Polish, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Finnish, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1% Ukrainian as their native language.^[3]

References

^ "Эстляндская губерния" (in Russian). Руниверс. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "Ajaloolise Harjumaa (Harrien) lühitutvustus" (in Estonian). Estonian Manors. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
^ "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.