Courland

Kurland, Courland, Couronia, Curonia, or Kurzeme is a former Baltic province of the Teutonic Order state in Livonia (ca. 1200?1560), Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth (1560?1795) and Imperial Russia (1795?1918), lying between 55° 45? and 57° 45? North and 21° and 27° East, now part of Latvia.

Population

The population was 619,154 in 1870; 674,437 in 1897, of whom 345,756 were women; 714,200 (estimate) in 1906. Of the whole, 79% were Latvians, 8.75% Germans, 1.7% Russians, and 1% each Poles and Lithuanians. In addition there were about 8% Jews and some Livonians.

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1870 - 1897 - 1906 - Latvia - German - Poles - Lithuania - Jew - Livonia

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The chief towns of the ten districts were Jelgava (Mitau), capital of the government (pop. 35,011 in 1897), Bauska (6543), Jaunjelgava (Friedrichstadt) (5223), Kuld?ga (Goldingen) (9733), Grobi?a (1489), Aizpute (Hasenpoth) (3338), Il?kste (Illuxt) (2340), Talsi (Talsen) (6215), Tukums (Tuckum) (7542) and Ventspils (Windau) (7132). The prevailing religion was Lutheranism, to which 76% of the population belonged; the rest belong to the Orthodox Eastern and the Roman Catholic churches.

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Jelgava - Bauska - Jaunjelgava - Kuld?ga - Grobi?a - Aizpute - Il?kste - Talsi - Tukums - Ventspils - Lutheran - Orthodox - Roman Catholic

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