Northamptonshire
| Northamptonshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & Administrative County |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council | Ranked 24th 2,364 km² Ranked 22nd |
| Admin HQ: | Northampton |
| GB-NTH | |
| ONS code: | 34 |
| NUTS 3: | UKF23 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council | Ranked 33rd 638,238 270 / km² Ranked 16th |
| Ethnicity: | 95.1% White 2.0% S.Asian 1.2% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Northamptonshire County Council http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | Labour |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Tim Boswell, Tony Clarke, Phil Hope, Sally Keeble, Phil Sawford, Paul Stinchcombe | |
| Districts | |
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Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants) is a county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). It has borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire (inc. Peterborough), Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire (inc. Milton Keynes), Oxfordshire and England's shortest county boundary (19 metres) with Lincolnshire. The name can be abbreviated to "Northants", and the county town is Northampton.
The Soke of Peterborough was historically associated with Northamptonshire.
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