Płock Governorate

Coat of Arms of Płock Governorate (1869)

Płock Governorate (Russian: Плоцкая губернияя Polish: Gubernia Płocka) was an administrative unit (governorate) of the Congress Poland.

It was created in 1837 from the Płock Voivodship, and had the same borders and capital (Płock) as the voivodship. In 1867 territories of the Augustów Governorate and the Płock Governorate were divided into a smaller Płock Governorate, Suwałki Governorate (consisting mostly of the Augustów Governorate territories) and recreated Łomża Governorate.

The Governorate consisted of 8 counties(uyezds):

Language

Плоцкая губерния

By the Imperial census of 1897.^[1] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.


Language	Number	percentage (%)	males	females
Polish	447 685	80.86	216 794	230 891
Yiddish	51 215	9.25	24 538	26 677
German	35 931	6.49	17 409	18 522
Russian	15 137	2.73	13 551	1 586
Ukrainian	2 350	0.42	2 302	48
Other^[2]	1 285	0.23	1 041	244
Persons that didn't name their native language	27	>0.01	14	13
Total	553 633	100	275 652	277 981

(Polish) Gubernia płocka w Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII (Perepiatycha — Pożajście) z 1887 r.
Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland

Administrative divisions of the Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)

1816–1837	Augustów Voivodeship Kalisz Voivodeship Kraków Voivodeship Lublin Voivodeship Masovia Voivodeship Płock Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship Sandomierz Voivodeship

1837–1844	Augustów Governorate Kalisz Governorate Kraków Governorate Lublin Governorate Masovia Governorate Płock Governorate Podlasie Governorate Sandomierz Governorate

1844–1867	Augustów Governorate Lublin Governorate Płock Governorate Radom Governorate Warsaw Governorate

1867–1914	Kalisz Governorate Kielce Governorate Lublin Governorate Łomża Governorate Piotrków Governorate Płock Governorate Radom Governorate Siedlce Governorate Suwałki Governorate Warsaw Governorate

Privislinsky Krai Governorates of the Russian Empire (1867-1914)

Kalisz Governorate Kielce Governorate Lublin Governorate Łomża Governorate Piotrków Governorate Płock Governorate Radom Governorate Siedlce Governorate Suwałki Governorate Warsaw Governorate

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