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Nottinghamshire
| Nottinghamshire | |
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| 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 |
| ISO 3166-2: | 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 | |
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Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders 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; it remains part of the ceremonial county.
Nottinghamshire is famous for its involvement with the legend of Robin Hood. This is also the reason for the amount of tourists who visit places like Sherwood Forest, City of Nottingham and the surrounding villages in sherwood forest.
Over half the population live in the conurbation of Nottingham which also spreads into Derbyshire. The conurbation has a population of about 650,000.
Settlements
This is a list of the main towns in Nottinghamshire, for a full list of settlements see list of places in Nottinghamshire.
- Arnold
- 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, Manton, Market Warsop, Mansfield
- Newark-on-Trent
- Ollerton, Oxton
- Radcliffe on Trent , Ravenshead , Retford, Rainworth
- Southwell, Stapleford , Staunton in the Vale , Sutton in Ashfield
- Tollerton, Tuxford
- Walkeringham , Wellow , West Bridgford, Winkburn , Worksop
Places of interest
- Clumber Park
- Creswell Crags
- Rufford Country Park
- Southwell Minster
- Sherwood Forest
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