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Valmieras apriņķis

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Kreis Wolmar (Latvian: Valmieras apriņķis, Russian: Вольмарский уезд) was one of the nine subdivisions of the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. Its capital was Valmiera (Wolmar). It was situated in the central part of the governorate (mostly in present-day northern Latvia, a small part in southern Estonia).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Wolmar had a population of 112,836. Of these, 93.3% spoke Latvian, 3.2% Estonian, 2.0% German, 0.8% Russian, 0.5% Yiddish, 0.1% Romani and 0.1% Polish as their native language.[1]

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