Nottinghamshire: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Geography and Location

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Nottinghamshire
Geography
Status:	Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County
Region:	East Midlands
Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 27th 2,160 km² Ranked 24th 2,085 km²
Admin HQ:	Nottingham
:	GB-NTT
ONS code:	37
NUTS 3:	UKF15/16
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 17th 1,023,160 474 / km² Ranked 10th 753,155
Ethnicity:	94.1% White 2.5% S.Asian 1.5% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Nottinghamshire County Council http://www.nottscc.gov.uk/
Executive:	Labour
Members of Parliament
Graham Allen, Kenneth Clarke, Vernon Coaker, John Heppell, Geoff Hoon, John Mann, Alan Meale, Patrick Mercer, Nick Palmer, Alan Simpson, Paddy Tipping
Districts
Rushcliffe Broxtowe Ashfield Gedling Newark and Sherwood Mansfield Bassetlaw Nottingham (Unitary)

Nottinghamshire is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders on South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.

The districts of Nottinghamshire are Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, and Rushcliffe. The City of Nottingham was part of Nottinghamshire until 1998 but is now a Unitary authority.

Towns and villages

• Beckingham, Beeston, Bilsthorpe, Bingham, Bircotes, Blyth
• Calverton, Clipstone, Collingham, Colston Bassett, Colwick
• East Markham, Edwinstowe, Epperstone
• Farndon
• Gotham
• Gringley on the Hill
• Harworth
• Kirkby in Ashfield
• Laxton
• Mansfield Woodhouse, Market Warsop
• Newark-on-Trent
• Ollerton, Oxton
• Radcliffe on Trent, Ravenshead, Retford Rainworth
• Southwell, Stapleford, Staunton in the Vale, Sutton in Ashfield
• Tuxford
• Walkeringham, Wellow, West Bridgford, Winkburn, Worksop

• Clumber Park
• Creswell Crags
• Rufford Country Park
• Southwell Minster
• Sherwood Forest

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