Leicestershire
Leicestershire | |
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Motto o Coonty Cooncil: For'ard, For'ard | |
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Geography | |
Status | Ceremonial an (smawer) nan-metropolitan coonty |
Region | East Midlands |
Aurie - Total - Admeen. cooncil - Admin. aurie |
Rankit 28t 2,156 km2 (832 sq mi) Rankit 20t 2,083 km2 (804 sq mi) |
Admin HQ | Glenfield |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-LEC |
ONS code | 31 |
NUTS 3 | UKF22 |
Demography | |
Population - Total (2011 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. |
Rankit 21st 955,300 443/km2 (1,150/sq mi) Ranked 16t 648,700 |
Ethnicity | 85.0% White 11.9% S.Asian 1.2% Black British 1.5% Mixed Race |
Politics | |
Arms of Leicestershire County Council Leicestershire County Council http://www.leics.gov.uk/ |
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Executive | Conservative |
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Leicestershire (i/ˈlɛstəʃɪər/ or /ˈlɛstərʃər/; abbreviation Leics.) is a landlockit coonty in the Inglis Midlands. It takes its name frae the Ceety o Leicester, traditionally its admeenistrative centre, although the Ceety o Leicester unitary authority is the day admeenistered separately frae the rest o Leicestershire. The coonty borders Derbyshire tae the north-wast, Nottinghamshire tae the north, Rutland tae the east, Warwickshire tae the sooth-wast, Staffordshire tae the wast, Lincolnshire tae the north-east, an Northamptonshire tae the sooth-east. The border wi Warwickshire is Watling Street (the A5).
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