Lancashire
Lancashire | |
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Coonty | |
![]() The Red Rose o Lancaster is the coonty flouer o Lancashire, an a common seembol for the coonty.
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![]() Lancashire in Ingland |
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Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Kintra | Ingland |
Region | North Wast Ingland |
Established | c. 1182[1] |
Ceremonial coonty | |
Aurie | 3,079 km2 (1,189 sq mi) |
• Rankit | 17t o 48 |
Population (2011 est.) | 1,449,300 |
• Rankit | 8t o 48 |
Densitie | 471/km2 (1,220/sq mi) |
Ethnicity | 89.7% White Breetish 6.0% S. Asie 2.1% Ither White 0.9% Mixed 0.7% E. Asie an Ither 0.5% Black 2005 Estimates |
Non-metropolitan county | |
Coonty cooncil | ![]() Lancashire County Council http://www.lancashire.gov.uk |
Executive | Conservative |
Admeen HQ | Preston |
Aurie | 2,903 km2 (1,121 sq mi) |
• Rankit | 16t o 27 |
Population | 1,169,300 |
• Rankit | 4t o 27 |
Densitie | 403/km2 (1,040/sq mi) |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-LAN |
ONS code | 30 |
NUTS | UKD43 |
![]() Destricts o Lancashire |
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Members o Pairlament | |
Time zone | GMT (UTC) |
• Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
Lancashire (/[unsupported input]ˈlæŋkəʃər/ or, less commonly, /ˈlæŋkəʃɪər/) is a non-metropolitan coonty o historic oreegin in the North Wast o Ingland. It takes its name frae the ceety o Lancaster, an is sometimes kent as the Coonty o Lancaster.[2] Although Lancaster is still considered tae be the coonty toun, Lancashire Coonty Cooncil is based in Preston. Lancashire is sometimes referred tae bi the abbreviation Lancs, as oreeginally uised bi the Royal Mail. The population o the coonty is 1,449,700. Fowk frae the coonty are kent as Lancastrians.
Notes an references[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Lancashire: county history". The High Sheriff's Association of England and Wales. 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Vision of Britain – Lancashire
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