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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.
The regions of England, formerly known as the government office regions, are the highest tier of sub-national division in England.They were established in 1994 [1] and follow the 1974–96 county borders.
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 1974 reform of local government established the tier structure throughout England with county authorities in metropolitan and Greater London also existing, 1986 reform abolished these. From the 1996 reform the structure's use has been declining, 21 tiered areas remain out of the original 48.
Salford, the second city of the county. Greater Manchester is a landlocked county spanning 493 sq mi (1,277 km 2). [5] The Pennines rise to the north and east of the county with the West Pennine Moors in the northwest, the South Pennines in the northeast and the Peak District in the east.
This is a list of the 296 districts of England ordered by area, according to Standard Area Measurements published by the Office for National Statistics. [1] The area is defined as 'area to mean high water excluding inland water'.
Manchester (/ ˈ m æ n tʃ ɪ s t ə (r),-tʃ ɛ s-/ ⓘ) [6] [7] is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had an estimated population of 568,996 in 2022. [4] Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92 million, [8] and the largest in Northern ...
This is a list of the 296 districts of England, a type of country subdivision governed by a local authority, that cover all of England. Most English districts are known as non-metropolitan districts and are found in non-metropolitan counties. However, primarily in urban areas, other types of districts are found.