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− | |<big>[[Aberdeenshire]]</big>||Aberdeen||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Aberdeenshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Aberdeenshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Aberdeenshire|population}} / {{database|Aberdeenshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Aberdeen]]''', [[Ellon, Aberdeenshire|Ellon]], [[Fraserburgh]], [[Huntly, Aberdeenshire|Huntly]], [[Inverurie]], [[Peterhead]], [[Turriff]] | + | |<big>[[Aberdeenshire]]</big>||Aberdeen||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Aberdeenshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Aberdeenshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Aberdeenshire|population}} / {{database|Aberdeenshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Aberdeen]]''' (part), [[Ellon, Aberdeenshire|Ellon]], [[Fraserburgh]], [[Huntly, Aberdeenshire|Huntly]], [[Inverurie]], [[Peterhead]], [[Turriff]] |
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|<big>[[Anglesey]]</big>||Anglesey||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Anglesey|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Anglesey|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Anglesey|population}} / {{database|Anglesey|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Beaumaris]], [[Amlwch]], [[Holyhead]], [[Llangefni]], [[Menai Bridge]] | |<big>[[Anglesey]]</big>||Anglesey||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Anglesey|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Anglesey|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Anglesey|population}} / {{database|Anglesey|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Beaumaris]], [[Amlwch]], [[Holyhead]], [[Llangefni]], [[Menai Bridge]] | ||
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|<big>[[Angus]]</big>||Forfar||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Angus|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Angus|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Angus|population}} / {{database|Angus|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Forfar]], '''[[Dundee]]''', [[Arbroath]], [[Brechin]], [[Carnoustie]], [[Kirriemuir]], [[Montrose]] | |<big>[[Angus]]</big>||Forfar||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Angus|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Angus|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Angus|population}} / {{database|Angus|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Forfar]], '''[[Dundee]]''', [[Arbroath]], [[Brechin]], [[Carnoustie]], [[Kirriemuir]], [[Montrose]] | ||
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− | |<big>[[County Antrim|Antrim]]</big>||Antrim||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Antrim|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Antrim|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|County Antrim|population}} / {{database|County Antrim|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Belfast]]''', [[Antrim]], [[Ballymena]], [[Ballymoney]], [[Carnlough]], [[Larne]], [[Portrush]] | + | |<big>[[County Antrim|Antrim]]</big>||Antrim||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Antrim|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Antrim|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|County Antrim|population}} / {{database|County Antrim|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Belfast]]''' (part), [[Antrim]], [[Ballymena]], [[Ballymoney]], [[Carnlough]], [[Larne]], [[Portrush]] (part) |
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|<big>[[Argyll]]shire</big>||Argyll||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Argyllshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Argyllshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Argyllshire|population}} / {{database|Argyllshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Lochgilphead]], [[Campbeltown]], [[Dunoon]], [[Inverary]], [[Oban]], [[Tobermory]] | |<big>[[Argyll]]shire</big>||Argyll||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Argyllshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Argyllshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Argyllshire|population}} / {{database|Argyllshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Lochgilphead]], [[Campbeltown]], [[Dunoon]], [[Inverary]], [[Oban]], [[Tobermory]] | ||
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− | |<big>[[County Armagh|Armagh]]</big>||Armagh||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Armagh|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Armagh|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|County Armagh|population}} / {{database|County Armagh|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Armagh]]''', '''[[Newry]]''' | + | |<big>[[County Armagh|Armagh]]</big>||Armagh||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Armagh|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|County Armagh|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|County Armagh|population}} / {{database|County Armagh|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Armagh]]''', '''[[Newry]]''' (part) |
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|<big>[[Ayrshire]]</big>||Ayr||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Ayrshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Ayrshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Ayrshire|population}} / {{database|Ayrshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Ayr]], [[Cumnock]], [[Irvine, Ayrshire|Irvine]], [[Kilmarnock]], [[Kilwinning]], [[Largs]], [[Saltcoats]], [[Troon]] | |<big>[[Ayrshire]]</big>||Ayr||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Ayrshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Ayrshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Ayrshire|population}} / {{database|Ayrshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Ayr]], [[Cumnock]], [[Irvine, Ayrshire|Irvine]], [[Kilmarnock]], [[Kilwinning]], [[Largs]], [[Saltcoats]], [[Troon]] | ||
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|<big>[[Bedfordshire]]</big>||Bedford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Bedfordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Bedfordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Bedfordshire|population}} / {{database|Bedfordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Bedford]], [[Biggleswade]], [[Dunstable]], [[Leighton Buzzard]], [[Luton]], [[Sandy, Bedfordshire|Sandy]] | |<big>[[Bedfordshire]]</big>||Bedford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Bedfordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Bedfordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Bedfordshire|population}} / {{database|Bedfordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Bedford]], [[Biggleswade]], [[Dunstable]], [[Leighton Buzzard]], [[Luton]], [[Sandy, Bedfordshire|Sandy]] | ||
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− | |<big>[[Berkshire]]</big>||Berks||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berkshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berkshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Berkshire|population}} / {{database|Berkshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Reading]], [[Abingdon]], [[Bracknell]], [[Maidenhead]], [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]], [[Windsor]], [[Wokingham]] | + | |<big>[[Berkshire]]</big>||Berks||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berkshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berkshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Berkshire|population}} / {{database|Berkshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Reading]] (part), [[Abingdon]], [[Bracknell]], [[Maidenhead]], [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]], [[Windsor]], [[Wokingham]] |
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|<big>[[Berwickshire]]</big>||Berwick||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berwickshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berwickshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Berwickshire|population}} / {{database|Berwickshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Greenlaw]], [[Coldstream]], [[Duns]], [[Eyemouth]], [[Lauder]] | |<big>[[Berwickshire]]</big>||Berwick||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berwickshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Berwickshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Berwickshire|population}} / {{database|Berwickshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Greenlaw]], [[Coldstream]], [[Duns]], [[Eyemouth]], [[Lauder]] | ||
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|<big>[[Flintshire]]</big>||Flint||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Flintshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Flintshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Flintshire|population}} / {{database|Flintshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Mold]], [[Connah's Quay]], [[Buckley]], [[Flint]], [[Holywell]], [[Prestatyn]], [[Rhyl]], '''[[St Asaph]]''' | |<big>[[Flintshire]]</big>||Flint||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Flintshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Flintshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Flintshire|population}} / {{database|Flintshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Mold]], [[Connah's Quay]], [[Buckley]], [[Flint]], [[Holywell]], [[Prestatyn]], [[Rhyl]], '''[[St Asaph]]''' | ||
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− | |<big>[[Glamorgan]]</big>||Glamorgan||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Glamorgan|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Glamorgan|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Glamorgan|population}} / {{database|Glamorgan|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Cardiff]]''', '''[[Swansea]]''', [[Barry, Glamorgan|Barry]], [[Bridgend]], [[Caerphilly]], [[Merthyr Tydfil]], [[Neath]], [[Pontypridd]] | + | |<big>[[Glamorgan]]</big>||Glamorgan||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Glamorgan|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Glamorgan|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Glamorgan|population}} / {{database|Glamorgan|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Cardiff]]''' (part), '''[[Swansea]]''', [[Barry, Glamorgan|Barry]], [[Bridgend]], [[Caerphilly]], [[Merthyr Tydfil]], [[Neath]], [[Pontypridd]] |
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− | |<big>[[Gloucestershire]]</big>||Gloucester||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Gloucestershire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Gloucestershire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Gloucestershire|population}} / {{database|Gloucestershire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Gloucester]]''', '''[[Bristol]]''', [[Cheltenham]], [[Cirencester]], [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]], [[Tewkesbury]] | + | |<big>[[Gloucestershire]]</big>||Gloucester||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Gloucestershire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Gloucestershire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Gloucestershire|population}} / {{database|Gloucestershire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Gloucester]]''', '''[[Bristol]]''' (part), [[Cheltenham]], [[Cirencester]], [[Stroud, Gloucestershire|Stroud]], [[Tewkesbury]] |
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|<big>[[Hampshire]]</big>||Southampton||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Hampshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Hampshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Hampshire|population}} / {{database|Hampshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Winchester]]''', '''[[Portsmouth]]''', '''[[Southampton]]''', [[Basingstoke]], [[Bournemouth]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight|Newport]] | |<big>[[Hampshire]]</big>||Southampton||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Hampshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Hampshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Hampshire|population}} / {{database|Hampshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Winchester]]''', '''[[Portsmouth]]''', '''[[Southampton]]''', [[Basingstoke]], [[Bournemouth]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight|Newport]] | ||
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|<big>[[Kirkcudbrightshire]]</big>||Kirkcudbright||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|population}} / {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Kirkcudbright]], [[Castle Douglas]], [[Dalbeattie]], [[New Galloway]] | |<big>[[Kirkcudbrightshire]]</big>||Kirkcudbright||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|population}} / {{database|Kirkcudbrightshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Kirkcudbright]], [[Castle Douglas]], [[Dalbeattie]], [[New Galloway]] | ||
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− | |<big>[[Lanarkshire]]</big>||Lanark||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lanarkshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lanarkshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Lanarkshire|population}} / {{database|Lanarkshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Lanark]], '''[[Glasgow]]''', [[Coatbridge]], [[Carluke]], [[East Kilbride]], [[Hamilton, Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Motherwell]] | + | |<big>[[Lanarkshire]]</big>||Lanark||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lanarkshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lanarkshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Lanarkshire|population}} / {{database|Lanarkshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Lanark]], '''[[Glasgow]]''' (part), [[Coatbridge]], [[Carluke]], [[East Kilbride]], [[Hamilton, Lanarkshire|Hamilton]], [[Motherwell]] |
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− | |<big>[[Lancashire]]</big>||Lancaster||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lancashire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lancashire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Lancashire|population}} / {{database|Lancashire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Lancaster]]''', '''[[Liverpool]]''', '''[[Manchester]]''', '''[[Salford]]''', '''[[Preston]]''', [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Bolton]], [[Warrington]] | + | |<big>[[Lancashire]]</big>||Lancaster||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lancashire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Lancashire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Lancashire|population}} / {{database|Lancashire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Lancaster]]''', '''[[Liverpool]]''', '''[[Manchester]]''' (part), '''[[Salford]]''', '''[[Preston]]''', [[Barrow-in-Furness]], [[Bolton]], [[Warrington]] (part) |
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|<big>[[Leicestershire]]</big>||Leicester||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Leicestershire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Leicestershire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Leicestershire|population}} / {{database|Leicestershire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Leicester]]''', [[Coalville]], [[Hinckley]], [[Loughborough]], [[Lutterworth]], [[Melton Mowbray]] | |<big>[[Leicestershire]]</big>||Leicester||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Leicestershire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Leicestershire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Leicestershire|population}} / {{database|Leicestershire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Leicester]]''', [[Coalville]], [[Hinckley]], [[Loughborough]], [[Lutterworth]], [[Melton Mowbray]] | ||
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|<big>[[Merionethshire]]</big>||Merioneth||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Merionethshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Merionethshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Merionethshire|population}} / {{database|Merionethshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Bala]], [[Barmouth]], [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]], [[Dolgellau]], [[Harlech]], [[Tywyn]] | |<big>[[Merionethshire]]</big>||Merioneth||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Merionethshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Merionethshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Merionethshire|population}} / {{database|Merionethshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Bala]], [[Barmouth]], [[Blaenau Ffestiniog]], [[Dolgellau]], [[Harlech]], [[Tywyn]] | ||
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− | |<big>[[Middlesex]]</big>||Middlesex||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Middlesex|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Middlesex|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Middlesex|population}} / {{database|Middlesex|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[London]]''', [[Brentford]], '''[[Westminster]]''', [[Ealing]], [[Enfield]], [[Harrow on the Hill|Harrow]], [[Potters Bar]], [[Staines]], [[Twickenham]] | + | |<big>[[Middlesex]]</big>||Middlesex||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Middlesex|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Middlesex|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Middlesex|population}} / {{database|Middlesex|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[London]]''' (part), [[Brentford]], '''[[Westminster]]''', [[Ealing]], [[Enfield]], [[Harrow on the Hill|Harrow]], [[Potters Bar]], [[Staines]], [[Twickenham]] |
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|<big>[[Midlothian]]</big>||Edinburgh||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Midlothian|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Midlothian|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Midlothian|population}} / {{database|Midlothian|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Edinburgh]]''', [[Bonnyrigg]], [[Dalkeith]], [[Musselburgh]], [[Penicuik]] | |<big>[[Midlothian]]</big>||Edinburgh||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Midlothian|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Midlothian|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Midlothian|population}} / {{database|Midlothian|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Edinburgh]]''', [[Bonnyrigg]], [[Dalkeith]], [[Musselburgh]], [[Penicuik]] | ||
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|<big>[[Nairnshire]]</big>||Nairn||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Nairnshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Nairnshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Nairnshire|population}} / {{database|Nairnshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Nairn]], [[Auldearn]], [[Cawdor]] | |<big>[[Nairnshire]]</big>||Nairn||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Nairnshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Nairnshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Nairnshire|population}} / {{database|Nairnshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Nairn]], [[Auldearn]], [[Cawdor]] | ||
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− | |<big>[[Norfolk]]</big>||Norfolk||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Norfolk|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Norfolk|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Norfolk|population}} / {{database|Norfolk|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Norwich]]''', [[Cromer]], [[East Dereham]], [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Hunstanton]], [[King's Lynn]] | + | |<big>[[Norfolk]]</big>||Norfolk||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Norfolk|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Norfolk|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Norfolk|population}} / {{database|Norfolk|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Norwich]]''', [[Cromer]], [[East Dereham]], [[Great Yarmouth]] (part), [[Hunstanton]], [[King's Lynn]] |
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− | |<big>[[Northamptonshire]]</big>||Northampton||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northamptonshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northamptonshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Northamptonshire|population}} / {{database|Northamptonshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Northampton]], '''[[Peterborough]]''', [[Corby]], [[Kettering]], [[Wellingborough]] | + | |<big>[[Northamptonshire]]</big>||Northampton||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northamptonshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northamptonshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Northamptonshire|population}} / {{database|Northamptonshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Northampton]], '''[[Peterborough]]''' (part), [[Corby]], [[Kettering]], [[Wellingborough]] |
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|<big>[[Northumberland]]</big>||Northumberland||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northumberland|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northumberland|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Northumberland|population}} / {{database|Northumberland|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]''', [[Alnwick]], ([[Berwick-upon-Tweed]]), [[Hexham]], [[Morpeth]] | |<big>[[Northumberland]]</big>||Northumberland||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northumberland|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Northumberland|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Northumberland|population}} / {{database|Northumberland|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]''', [[Alnwick]], ([[Berwick-upon-Tweed]]), [[Hexham]], [[Morpeth]] | ||
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|<big>[[Orkney]]</big>||Orkney||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Orkney|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Orkney|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Orkney|population}} / {{database|Orkney|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Kirkwall]], [[Balfour, Orkney|Balfour]], [[Stromness]] | |<big>[[Orkney]]</big>||Orkney||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Orkney|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Orkney|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Orkney|population}} / {{database|Orkney|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Kirkwall]], [[Balfour, Orkney|Balfour]], [[Stromness]] | ||
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− | |<big>[[Oxfordshire]]</big>||Oxford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Oxfordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Oxfordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Oxfordshire|population}} / {{database|Oxfordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Oxford]]''', [[Banbury]], [[Bicester]], [[Carterton, Oxfordshire|Carterton]], [[Henley-on-Thames]], [[Thame]], [[Witney]] | + | |<big>[[Oxfordshire]]</big>||Oxford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Oxfordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Oxfordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Oxfordshire|population}} / {{database|Oxfordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Oxford]]''' (part), [[Banbury]], [[Bicester]], [[Carterton, Oxfordshire|Carterton]], [[Henley-on-Thames]], [[Thame]], [[Witney]] |
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|<big>[[Peeblesshire]]</big>||Peebles||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Peeblesshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Peeblesshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Peeblesshire|population}} / {{database|Peeblesshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Peebles]], [[Innerleithen]], [[West Linton]] | |<big>[[Peeblesshire]]</big>||Peebles||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Peeblesshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Peeblesshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Peeblesshire|population}} / {{database|Peeblesshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Peebles]], [[Innerleithen]], [[West Linton]] | ||
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|<big>[[Staffordshire]]</big>||Stafford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Staffordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Staffordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Staffordshire|population}} / {{database|Staffordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Stafford]], '''[[Lichfield]]''', '''[[Stoke-on-Trent]]''', '''[[Wolverhampton]]''', [[Cannock]], [[Walsall]] | |<big>[[Staffordshire]]</big>||Stafford||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Staffordshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Staffordshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Staffordshire|population}} / {{database|Staffordshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Stafford]], '''[[Lichfield]]''', '''[[Stoke-on-Trent]]''', '''[[Wolverhampton]]''', [[Cannock]], [[Walsall]] | ||
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− | |<big>[[Stirlingshire]]</big>||Stirling||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Stirlingshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Stirlingshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Stirlingshire|population}} / {{database|Stirlingshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Stirling]]''', [[Bridge of Allan]], [[Denny, Stirlingshire|Denny]], [[Falkirk]], [[Grangemouth]], [[Kilsyth]] | + | |<big>[[Stirlingshire]]</big>||Stirling||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Stirlingshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Stirlingshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Stirlingshire|population}} / {{database|Stirlingshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[Stirling]]''' (part), [[Bridge of Allan]], [[Denny, Stirlingshire|Denny]], [[Falkirk]], [[Grangemouth]], [[Kilsyth]] |
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− | |<big>[[Suffolk]]</big>||Suffolk||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Suffolk|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Suffolk|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Suffolk|population}} / {{database|Suffolk|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Ipswich]], [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[Bungay, Suffolk|Bungay]], [[Felixstowe]], [[Haverhill]], [[Lowestoft]], [[Sudbury, Suffolk|Sudbury]] | + | |<big>[[Suffolk]]</big>||Suffolk||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Suffolk|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Suffolk|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Suffolk|population}} / {{database|Suffolk|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Ipswich]], [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[Bungay, Suffolk|Bungay]], [[Felixstowe]], [[Haverhill]] (part), [[Lowestoft]], [[Sudbury, Suffolk|Sudbury]] |
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|<big>[[Surrey]]</big>||Surrey||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Surrey|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Surrey|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Surrey|population}} / {{database|Surrey|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Guildford]], [[Brixton]], [[Croydon]], [[Egham]], [[Farnham]], [[Kingston upon Thames]], [[Southwark]], [[Sutton, Surrey|Sutton]], [[Wandsworth]], [[Wimbledon]], [[Woking]] | |<big>[[Surrey]]</big>||Surrey||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Surrey|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Surrey|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Surrey|population}} / {{database|Surrey|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Guildford]], [[Brixton]], [[Croydon]], [[Egham]], [[Farnham]], [[Kingston upon Thames]], [[Southwark]], [[Sutton, Surrey|Sutton]], [[Wandsworth]], [[Wimbledon]], [[Woking]] | ||
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|<big>[[Tyrone]]</big>||Tyrone||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Tyrone|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Tyrone|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Tyrone|population}} / {{database|Tyrone|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Omagh]], [[Cookstown]], [[Dungannon]], [[Strabane]] | |<big>[[Tyrone]]</big>||Tyrone||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Tyrone|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Tyrone|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Tyrone|population}} / {{database|Tyrone|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Omagh]], [[Cookstown]], [[Dungannon]], [[Strabane]] | ||
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− | |<big>[[Warwickshire]]</big>||Warwick||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Warwickshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Warwickshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Warwickshire|population}} / {{database|Warwickshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Warwick]], '''[[Birmingham]]''', '''[[Coventry]]''', [[Nuneaton]], [[Rugby]], [[Solihull]], [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] | + | |<big>[[Warwickshire]]</big>||Warwick||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Warwickshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Warwickshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Warwickshire|population}} / {{database|Warwickshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Warwick]], '''[[Birmingham]]''' (part), '''[[Coventry]]''', [[Nuneaton]], [[Rugby]], [[Solihull]], [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] |
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|<big>[[West Lothian]]</big>||Linlithgow||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|West Lothian|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|West Lothian|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|West Lothian|population}} / {{database|West Lothian|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Linlithgow]], [[Armadale, West Lothian|Armadale]], [[Bathgate]], [[Bo'ness]], [[Broxburn, West Lothian|Broxburn]], [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]], [[Whitburn, West Lothian|Whitburn]] | |<big>[[West Lothian]]</big>||Linlithgow||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|West Lothian|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|West Lothian|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|West Lothian|population}} / {{database|West Lothian|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|[[Linlithgow]], [[Armadale, West Lothian|Armadale]], [[Bathgate]], [[Bo'ness]], [[Broxburn, West Lothian|Broxburn]], [[Livingston, West Lothian|Livingston]], [[Whitburn, West Lothian|Whitburn]] | ||
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|<big>[[Yorkshire]]</big>||York||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Yorkshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Yorkshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Yorkshire|population}} / {{database|Yorkshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[York]]''' | |<big>[[Yorkshire]]</big>||York||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Yorkshire|area}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{database|Yorkshire|population}}|0||,}}||align="right"|{{#formatnum: {{#expr: {{database|Yorkshire|population}} / {{database|Yorkshire|area}}}}|2,|.|,}}||style="padding-left: 0.5em;"|'''[[York]]''' | ||
− | ''[[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding]]:'' '''[[Kingston upon Hull]]''', [[Beverley]], [[Bridlington]], [[Driffield]], [[Filey]], [[Hornsea]] | + | ''[[East Riding of Yorkshire|East Riding]]:'' '''[[Kingston upon Hull]]''', [[Beverley]], [[Bridlington]], [[Driffield]], [[Filey]] (part), [[Hornsea]] |
''[[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]]:'' [[Middlesbrough]], [[Northallerton]], [[Redcar]], [[Scarborough]], [[Whitby]] | ''[[North Riding of Yorkshire|North Riding]]:'' [[Middlesbrough]], [[Northallerton]], [[Redcar]], [[Scarborough]], [[Whitby]] |
Revision as of 14:12, 18 November 2015
The United Kingdom has 92 counties or shires. The British counties are the oldest extant national divisions in the world.
Where a distinction has to be made with statutory "counties" so called for administrative purposes, the counties are variously known as historic counties, traditional counties or ancient or geographical counties[1].
The counties have no administrative function, existing as geographical and cultural areas. Most of the counties have an existence stretching back to the Middle Ages and almost all of the English counties have been established for over a thousand years. Even the relatively young Highland shires, only 450 years old as such, have a much older existence as geographical and cultural areas.
In this time many activities many activities and much social understanding and local identity has grown up intertwined with the counties, and so they have become a vital part of British and Irish culture.
Until the late twentieth century, administrative functions were carried out by bodies using the counties' boundaries or approximations to them, and so centuries of public records have been organised county by county, for which reason an understanding of the counties is vital for genealogical and historic research.
List of the counties
The following table lists each county, along with its proper name, area (in square miles), population, population density (in persons/square mile) and a selection of its principal towns. County towns are listed first and cities are shown in bold.
See also
- Counties of the Republic of Ireland
- The Historic Counties Standard
- The Association of British Counties
- The Historic Counties Trust
Notes and References
- ↑ Census Report, 1891 (General Register Office)