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The area is defined as 'area to mean high water excluding inland water'. [ 2 ] The list consists of 164 non-metropolitan districts , 32 London boroughs , 36 metropolitan boroughs , 62 unitary authorities , and two sui generis authorities (the City of London and the Isles of Scilly ).
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The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; [a] and the 39 historic counties.
The Greater London administrative area was created in 1965 with 32 boroughs, excluding the City of London. [5] Six Metropolitan two-tiered areas were created in 1974, similar to the Greater London model. These county-tier councils had extra devolved powers to others.
The county has formed the upper tier of local government over much of the United Kingdom at one time or another, [1] and has been used for a variety of other purposes, such as for Lord Lieutenants, land registration and postal delivery. This list of 184 counties is split by constituent country, time period and purpose.
This is a list of historic counties of England by area as at the 1831 census. [1] ... County Area 1 Yorkshire: 3,669,510 acres (14,850.0 km 2) [2] 2 Lincolnshire:
This is a list of ceremonial counties in England by population in 2021/2022. [1] Rank County Total population Region 1: Greater London: 8,901,000: London 2: West ...
This is a list of unitary authorities of England ordered by population. Figures are mid-year estimates for 2022 from the Office for National Statistics. [1] Areas from UK Standard Area Measurements [2] The list does not include North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire unitary authorities, created in 2021, for which statistics are not ...