Aizpute county
{{Short description|County of Latvia}}
{{Infobox Former Subdivision
| native_name = {{ubl|{{langx|lv|Aizputes apriņķis}}|{{langx|de|Kreis Hasenpoth}}|{{langx|ru|Газенпотскій уѣздъ}}}}
| conventional_long_name = Aizpute county
| common_name = Aizpute
| subdivision = County
| nation = Latvia
| year_start = 1819
| event_start =
| year_end = 1949
| event_end =
| p1 = Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
| flag_p1 = Flag of Courland (state).svg
| s1 = Liepāja district
| flag_s1 = Flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1953).svg
| image_flag =
| image_coat = Aizputes apriņķa ģerbonis.svg
| image_map = Aizputes apriņķis 1940.svg
| image_map_caption = Map in 1940
| capital = Aizpute (Gazenpot)
| stat_year1 = 1897
| stat_area1 = 2506.58
| stat_pop1 = 53,209
}}
File:Courland governorate 1820.jpg
Aizpute county ({{Langx|lv|Aizputes apriņķis}}; {{Langx|de|Kreis Hasenpoth}}, {{Langx|ru|label=Russian|Газенпотскій уѣздъ|Gazenpotskiy uyezd}}) was a historic county of the Courland Governorate and of the Republic of Latvia. Its capital was Aizpute (Hasenpoth).
History
Created as the Chief Captaincy of Aizpute ({{Langx|de|Oberhauptmannschaft Hasenpoth}}) in 1819 was from southwestern parts of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia and District of Pilten after incorporation into the Russian Empire. In 1864, County of Aizpute (Kreis Hasenpoth) became one of the ten counties of the Courland Governorate.
After establishment of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, the Aizputes apriņķis{{Cite web|url=https://www.letonika.lv/groups/default.aspx?q=apri%C5%86%C4%B7is&s=0&g=2&r=10621033|title=Letonika.lv. Vārdnīcas - Latviešu—angļu vārdnīca. Apriņķis = district or county|website=www.letonika.lv|access-date=2019-10-14}} existed until 1949, when the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR split it into the newly created districts (rajons) of Aizpute (dissolved in 1962) and Alsunga (dissolved in 1956).
Demographics
At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Hasenpoth had a population of 53,209. Of these, 90.4% spoke Latvian, 5.4% German, 2.5% Yiddish, 1.0% Lithuanian, 0.4% Russian, 0.2% Polish and 0.1% Romani as their native language.{{cite web|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=651|title=Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам 50 губерний Европейской России|publisher=Демоскоп Weekly|language=Russian|accessdate=22 December 2013}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Kreis Hasenpoth}}
{{List of former Latvian counties and districts}}
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