Cambridgeshire
| Cambridgeshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County |
| Region: | East of England |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 15th 3,389 km² Ranked 15th 3,046 km² |
| Admin HQ: | Cambridge |
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| ONS code: | 12 |
| NUTS 3: | UKH12 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked 29th 716,285 211 / km² Ranked 21st 558,323 |
| Ethnicity: | 94.6% White 2.6% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
 Cambridgeshire County Council http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Anne Campbell, Helen Clark, Jonathan Djanogly, Andrew Lansley, Brian Mawhinney, Malcolm Moss, James Paice | |
| Districts | |
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Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The county town is Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire today is the product of several local government unifications. In 1888 when county councils where introduced, two were set up, following the traditional division of Cambridgeshire into the area in the south around Cambridge, and the liberty of of the Isle of Ely. In 1965, these two administrative counties were merged to form Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. In 1974, this then merged with the county to the west, Huntingdon and Peterborough (which had been created in 1965 by the merger of Huntingdonshire with the Soke of Peterborough - a part of Northamptonshire which had its own county council. The resulting county was called simply 'Cambridgeshire'.
Since 1998 City of Peterborough is now administratively seperate again, as a unitary authority, but is associated with Cambridgeshire for various purposes, such as police, fire, and the Lieutenancy.
Famous people from Cambridgeshire include Oliver Cromwell and Henry Royce, both born in Huntingdonshire.
Cambridgeshire is twinned with Kreis Viersen in Germany.
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2 Towns and villages 3 Places of interest |
Cities
Towns and villages
East Cambridgeshire
Fenland
Huntingdonshire
South Cambridgeshire
Places of interest