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Leicestershire
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!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Leicestershire
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Image:EnglandLeicestershire.png
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography
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Ceremonial counties of England Ceremonial & (smaller)
Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Non-metropolitan county
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|Region:||
East Midlands
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Surface area Area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area||
List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area Ranked 28th1 E9 m² 2,156 square kilometre km²List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area Ranked 26th2,083 km²
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|Admin HQ:||
Glenfield, Leicestershire Glenfield
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ISO 3166-2:GB ISO 3166-2:||GB-LEC
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ONS coding system ONS code:||31
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Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics NUTS 3:||UKF22
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics
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Population- Total (
2004 est.)
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Density- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.
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List of ceremonial counties of England by population Ranked 21st909,000
421 / km²
List of non-metropolitan counties of England by population Ranked 17th623,900
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|Ethnicity:||85.0% White
11.9% S.Asian
1.2% Afro-Carib.
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics
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Image:Leicsarms.PNG 200pxLeicestershire County Council
http://www.leics.gov.uk/
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Conservative Party (UK) Conservative
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MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 Members of Parliament
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Stephen Dorrell, Alan Duncan, Edward Garnier, Patricia Hewitt, Andy Reed, Andrew Robathan, Peter Soulsby, David Taylor (politician) David Taylor, David Tredinnick, Keith Vaz
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Districts
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Image:Leicestershire_Ceremonial_Numbered.png
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Charnwood
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Melton
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Harborough
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Oadby and Wigston
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Blaby (district) Blaby
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Hinckley and Bosworth
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North West Leicestershire
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Leicester (Unitary)
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'''Leicestershire''' (abbreviated '''Leics''') is a landlocked county in central
England. It takes its name from the heavily populated
Leicester City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester
unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county borders onto
Lincolnshire,
Rutland,
Northamptonshire,
Warwickshire,
Staffordshire,
Derbyshire, and
Nottinghamshire.
County Hall, situated in
Glenfield, Leicestershire Glenfield, about 5 km (3 miles) northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of
Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority. The City of Leicester is administered from offices in Leicester itself and the City Council meets at Leicester Town Hall.
The
River Soar rises to the east of Hinckley, in the far south of the county, and flows northward through Leicester before emptying into the
River Trent at the
Trentlock point where Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire meet. A large part of the northwest of the county, around Coalville, forms part of the new
National Forest, England National Forest area extending into Derbyshire and Staffordshire. The highest point of the county is
Bardon Hill at 278m/912ft, which is also a
Marilyn (hill) Marilyn.
The
county flower of Leicestershire is the
Digitalis purpurea Foxglove.
History
Image:County Hall.jpg thumb|left|Leicestershire County Hall at Glenfield, built in 1967''Main article:
History of Leicestershire.''
Leicestershire was recorded in the
Domesday Book in four
wapentakes:
Guthlaxton,
Framland,
Goscote and
Gartree (Leicestershire) Gartree. These later became
hundred (division) hundreds, with the division of Goscote into
West Goscote and
East Goscote (hundred) East Goscote, and the addition of
Sparkenhoe hundred.
Leicestershire's external boundaries have changed little since the Domesday Survey. The
Measham-
Donisthorpe exclave of
Derbyshire has been exchanged for the
Netherseal/
Overseall area, and the urban expansion of
Market Harborough has caused
Little Bowden, previously in
Northamptonshire to be annexed.
In
1974, the
Local Government Act 1972 abolished the
county borough status of Leicester city and the county status of neighbouring
Rutland, converting both to administrative
Districts of England districts of Leicestershire. These actions were reversed on
1 April 1996, when Rutland and the City of Leicester became unitary authorities.
Demographics
The population of Leicestershire (excluding the city of Leicester) is 609,579 (
2001). The county covers an area of 2,084 sq km (804 sq mi).
The largest population centre is
Leicester, followed by
Loughborough. Other major towns include
Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
Coalville,
Hinckley,
Market Harborough,
Melton Mowbray,
Oadby and
Wigston.
Towns and villages
''See the
list of places in Leicestershire.''
Places of interest
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Ashby Canal
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The Battlefield Line (a
heritage railway)
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Belvoir Castle
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Battle of Bosworth Field Bosworth Battlefield
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Bradgate Park
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Brampton Valley Way (linear park and foot/cycle path to
Northampton)
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Donington Park
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Nottingham East Midlands Airport
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Foxton Locks
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Great_Central_Railway_%28preserved%29 Great Central Railway (heritage railway)
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High Cross, Leicestershire High Cross
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Launde Abbey
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Leicester Botanic Gardens
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Moira Furnace
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Stanford Hall
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Twycross Zoo
See also
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:List of images/Places/Europe/United Kingdom/Counties/Leicestershire images of Leicestershire
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Leicestershire Chorale
{{England ceremonial counties}}
{{England traditional counties}}
Category:Leicestershire
External links
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Leicester Mercury
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Wartime Leicestershire
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Leicestershire.
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