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Cornwall has a relatively high retired population, with 22.9% of pensionable age, compared with 20.3% for the United Kingdom as a whole. [176] This may be due partly to Cornwall's rural and coastal geography increasing its popularity as a retirement location, and partly to outward migration of younger residents to more economically diverse areas.
The geography of Cornwall (Cornish: Doronieth Kernow) describes the extreme southwestern peninsula of England west of the River Tamar.The population of Cornwall is greater in the less extensive west of the county than the east due to Bodmin Moor's location; however the larger part of the population live in rural areas.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 18:43, 26 September 2010: 1,425 × 1,048 (1.66 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Map of Cornwall, UK with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 1
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:37, 26 September 2010: 1,224 × 1,187 (1.67 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Map of Cornwall, UK (excluding the Isles of Scilly) with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WG
Truro (/ ˈ t r ʊər oʊ / ⓘ; Cornish Standard Written Form: Truru) [2] is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under 232 miles (373 km) west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, sole
The West Country (Cornish: An Tir West) is a loosely defined area within southwest England, [1] usually taken to include the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol, with some considering it to extend to all or parts of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. [2]
Module:Location map/data/United Kingdom Cornwall is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Cornwall. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Cornwall: Cornwall – ceremonial county and unitary authority area of England within the United Kingdom. Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea , [ 1 ] to the south by the English Channel , and to the east by the county of Devon , over ...