Stopnitsa Uezd
Stopnitsa uezd
Стопницкий уезд | |
|---|---|
 Location in the Kielce Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Governorate | Kielce |
| Established | 1837 |
| Abolished | 1919 |
| Capital | Stopnitsa (until June 1915) Busko-Zdruy (until 1919) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,598.18 km2 (617.06 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
• Total | 130,470 |
| • Density | 81.637/km2 (211.44/sq mi) |
The Stopnitsa uezd (Russian: Стопницкий уезд; Polish: Powiat stopnicki) was one of the subdivisions of the Kielce Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the eastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Stopnitsa until 1915, when it was replaced with Busko-Zdruy.
History
The uezd was formed in 1837 as part of the Kraków Voivodeship and later part of the Kraków Governorate, which was renamed to the Kielce Governorate in 1842. After 1844 it was part of the Radom Governorate, and since 1867 it was once again part of the Kielce Governorate when it was reestablished. In 1915, the Austrian occupation authorities moved the seat from Stopnitsa to Busko-Zdruy, changing the name of the district to Busko County. In 1919, it was transformed into Stopnica County, Kielce Voivodeship, Poland.
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, the Stopnitsa uezd had a population of 130,470. Of these, 4,420 people lived in the village of Stopnitsa and 6,888 lived in the city of Chmielnik.[1]
In the uezd, 84.7% spoke Polish, 14.1% Yiddish, 0.6% Russian, 0.4% German, 0.1% Ukrainian and 0.1% spoke other languages as their native language.[2]
| Spoken languages |
1897 Census | |
|---|---|---|
| Number | % | |
| Polish | 110,500 | 84.7% |
| Yiddish | 18,383 | 14.1% |
| Russian | 823 | 0.6% |
| German | 583 | 0.4% |
| Ukrainian | 110 | 0.1% |
| Belarusian | 10 | 0.0% |
| Other | 61 | 0.0% |
| Total | 130,470 | 100% |