Leicestershire
| Leicestershire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 28th 2,156 kmò Ranked 26th 2,083 kmò |
| Admin HQ: | Leicester |
| GB-LEC | |
| ONS code: | 31 |
| NUTS 3: | UKF22 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked 21st 899,069 417 / km² Ranked 17th 615,491 |
| Ethnicity: | 85.0% White 11.9% S.Asian 1.2% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Leicestershire County Council http://www.leics.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Stephen Dorrell, Alan Duncan, Edward Garnier, Parmjit Singh Gill, Patricia Hewitt, Andy Reed, Andrew Robathan, David Taylor, David Tredinnick, Keith Vaz | |
| Districts | |
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The population of Leicestershire (excluding Leicester) is 609,579 (2001. The county covers an area of 2,084 sq km (804 sq mi).
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2 Towns and villages 3 Places of interest |
Leicestershire was recorded in the Domesday Book in four wapentakes, Guthlaxton, Framland, Goscote and Gartree. These later became hundredss, with the division of Goscote into West Goscote and 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 Bowdon, previously in Northamptonshire to be annexed.
In 1974, due to the Local Government Act 1972, the county of Rutland was annexed to Leicestershire as a district, and Leicester's county borough status was abolished, it becoming a district also. Both these actions were reversed on April 1, 1996.
History
Towns and villages
Places of interest