Jerwen County

Jerwen County (German: Kreis Jerwen, German: Kreis Weissenstein, Estonian: Järva kreis, Estonian: Paide kreis, Russian: Йервенский уезд, Russian: Вейсенштейнский уезд) was one of the four counties of the Russian Empire located in the Governorate of Estonia.[1] It was situated in the central part of the governorate (in present-day northern Estonia). Its capital was Paide (Weissenstein). The territory of Kreis Jerwen corresponds to most of the present-day Järva County and small parts of Lääne-Viru and Rapla counties.[2]

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Jerwen had a population of 52,673. Of these, 96.7% spoke Estonian, 2.2% German, 0.8% Russian, 0.1% Yiddish and 0.1% Latvian as their native language.[3]

gollark: This isn't very much, but if the logic for displaying biome on eggs and other places is separate, that shows that there might be some code duplication.
gollark: It's kind of worrying that `Cave` is shown, given what it says about the internals.
gollark: Odd.
gollark: And not halloween or something.
gollark: Huh, I just noticed that my eggs are listed as being from *cave*.

References
  1. "Эстляндская губерния" (in Russian). Руниверс. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  2. "Ajaloolise Järvamaa (Jerwen) lühitutvustus" (in Estonian). Estonian Manors. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. "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.
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