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The county of Derbyshire has many attractions for tourists and local people. ... According to the UK Census 2001 there were 956,301 people spread over the county's ...
This is a list of settlements in Derbyshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021 , with results in 2022. In 2011, there were 42 settlements with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Derbyshire , shown in the table below.
Rank County Total population Region 1: Greater London: 8,901,000: London 2: West Midlands: 2,910,000: West Midlands: 3: Greater Manchester: 2,824,000: North West
Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Derby. The county council is based at County Hall in Matlock. Since 2017 the council has been under Conservative majority control.
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.
Derby is the largest settlement, and Matlock is the county town. The county has an area of 2,625 km 2 (1,014 sq mi) and a population of 1,053,316. The east of the county is more densely populated than the west, and contains the county's largest settlements: Derby (261,400), Chesterfield (88,483), and Swadlincote (45,000).
When elected county councils were established in 1889, Derbyshire County Council initially used County Hall as its meeting place, but moved to Smedley's Hydro in Matlock in 1955. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Between 1889 and 1974 Derby was a county borough , independent from the county council. [ 39 ]
The county has an area of 2,625 km 2 (1,014 sq mi) and a population of 1,053,316. The east of the county is more densely populated than the west, and contains the county's largest settlements: Derby (261,400), Chesterfield (88,483), and Swadlincote (45,000). Buxton (20,048) and Glossop (17,825) are the largest settlements in the east.