Cēsis county
Cēsis County
| |
|---|---|
Map in 1940 | |
| Country | |
| Russian Governorate | Livonia |
| Established | 1745 |
| Abolished | 1949 |
| Capital | Cēsis (Wenden) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,637.61 km2 (2,176.69 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
• Total | 124,208 |
| • Density | 22.0320/km2 (57.0627/sq mi) |
Cēsis county (Latvian: Cēsu apriņķis, German: Kreis Wenden, Russian: Венденский уезд) was a historic county in the Swedish Livonia, in the Governorate of Livonia, and in the Republic of Latvia dissolved during the administrative territorial reform of the Latvian SSR in 1949. Its capital was Cēsis (Wenden).