Harrien County

Harrien County was one of the four Russian Empire|counties] of the Governorate of Estonia. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its capital was Reval, which was the capital of the governorate as well. The territory of Harrien County corresponds to present-day Harju County and most parts of Rapla County.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian [Empire Census] of 1897, Harrien County had a population of 157,736. Of these, 82.9% spoke Estonian, 7.3% German, 6.8% Russian, 0.7% Swedish, 0.7% Yiddish, 0.7% Polish, 0.2% Latvian, 0.2% Finnish, 0.1% Belarusian and 0.1% Ukrainian as their native language.