Hertfordshire
| Hertfordshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & Administrative County |
| Region: | East of England |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council | Ranked 36th 1,643 km² Ranked 32nd |
| Admin HQ: | Hertford |
| GB-HRT | |
| ONS code: | 26 |
| NUTS 3: | UKH23 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council | Ranked 16th 1,036,144 631 / km² Ranked 6th |
| Ethnicity: | 93.7% White 3.0% S.Asian 1.1% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
 Hertfordshire County Council http://www.hertsdirect.org/ | |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Barbara Follett, Claire Ward, James Clappison, Kerry Pollard, Marion Roe, Mark Prisk, Melanie Johnson, Oliver Heald, Peter Lilley, Richard Page, Tony McWalter | |
| Districts | |
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Hertfordshire (pronounced 'Hartfordshire' and abbreviated as 'Herts') is an inland county, officially part of the East of England Government region. It is one of the Home Counties.
Hertfordshire is located to the north of Greater London, and much of the county is part of the London commuter belt.
To the east of Hertfordshire is Essex, to the west is Buckinghamshire and to the north are Bedfordshire, Luton and Cambridgeshire.
The highest point in the county is 803 feet above see level, a quarter mile from the village of Hastoe.
The county motto is "Trust and Fear Not".
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Hertfordshire was originally the area assigned to a fortress constructed at Hertford under the rule of Edward the Elder in 913. The name Hertfordshire appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1011.
The Domesday Book recorded the county as having nine hundredss. Tring and Danais became one, Dacorum. The other seven were Broadwater, Cashio, Edwinstree, Hertford, Hitchin and Odsey.
Hertfordshire is the starting point of the New River: a man made waterway, opened in 1613 to supply London with fresh drinking water.
Hertfordshire lost Barnet to Greater London in 1965, but gained Potters Bar and South Mimms from Middlesex.
History
Towns, cities and villages
See also: Places of interest