Ventspils county

Ventspils County
  • Ventspils apriņķis
  • Kreis Windau
  • Виндавскій уѣздъ
County
Location within Latvia in 1940
Country
Russian GovernorateCourland
Established1819
Abolished1949
CapitalVentspils
Area
 • Total
3,126.59 km2 (1,207.18 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total
48,275
 • Density15.440/km2 (39.990/sq mi)

Ventspils county (Latvian: Ventspils apriņķis, German: Kreis Windau, Russian: Виндавскій уѣздъ, romanized: Vindavskiy uyezd) was a historic county of the Courland Governorate and of the Republic of Latvia. Its capital was Ventspils (Windau).

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