Derbyshire

{| border=1 cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width=300 style="margin-left: 0.5em" |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Derbyshire |- |colspan=2 align=center| |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography |- |width="45%"|Status:||Ceremonial counties of England & (smaller) Administrative counties of England County |- |Region:||East Midlands |- |Surface area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area||List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area
1 E9 m� square kilometre
List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area
2,547 km² |- |Admin HQ:||Matlock, England |- |ISO 3166-2:GB:||GB-DBY |- |ONS coding system:||17 |- |Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 3:||UKF12/13 |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics |- |Population:
- Total (2003 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.||List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population
976,212
371 / km²
List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population
742,993 |- |Ethnicity:||96.0% White
2.3% S.Asian |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics |- |colspan=2 align=center|
Derbyshire County Council
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/ |- |Executive:||The Labour Party (UK) |- |colspan=2 align=center|MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 |- |colspan=2| Margaret Beckett, Liz Blackman, Natasha Engel, Paul Holmes, Bob Laxton, Tom Levitt, Judy Mallaber, Patrick McLoughlin, Dennis Skinner, Mark Todd (UK) |- !colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Districts |- |colspan=2| #High Peak #Derbyshire Dales #South Derbyshire #Erewash #Amber Valley #North East Derbyshire #Chesterfield #Bolsover (district) #Derby, England (Unitary) |} Derbyshire (pronounced 'Dar-bee-sh') is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of England's most attractive hill and mountain scenery. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains part of the National Forest, England, and borders on Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Cheshire. It has a two-tier local government, with a county council based in Matlock, England and eight district councils. Apart from 13 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants, there is a large amount of sparsely populated agricultural upland: 75% of the population live in 25% of the area. Although Derbyshire is generally considered to be in the East Midlands, some parts, such as High Peak, are closer to the northern cities of Manchester and Sheffield and the people there overwhelmingly think of themselves as northerners. Before 1998 the county included the city of Derby, England. Derby is now a unitary authority, but remains part of Derbyshire for ceremonial purposes. ==History== :''Main article: History of Derbyshire.'' Derbyshire was traditionally divided into six hundred (division)s, namely Appletree, High Peak, Morleyston and Litchurch, Repton and Gresley, Scarsdale (hundred), Wirksworth (hundred). These were based on the seven earlier wapentakes recorded in the Domesday Book, with the merging of Repton and Gresley wapentakes. Derbyshire had a exclave in north-western Leicestershire, surrounding Measham and Donisthorpe. This escaped regularisation in 1844, and was incorporated into Leicestershire in 1888 when the county councils were set up. The thin strip of Leicestershire between the exclave and Derbyshire, containing Overseal and Netherseal, is now considered part of Derbyshire. Apart from this, some parishes in historic Derbyshire, including Dore, Norton, South Yorkshire and Totley, South Yorkshire, are now in the City of Sheffield in South Yorkshire. ==Settlements== This is a list of the towns in Derbyshire; for a complete list of settlements see list of places in Derbyshire. *Alfreton, Alton, Derbyshire, Ashbourne, Ashford-in-the-Water *Bakewell, Bamford, Baslow, Beeley, Belper, Birch Vale, Bolehill, Bolsover, Borrowash, Brassington, Bretby, Brimington, Burbage, Derbyshire, Buxton, Derbyshire, England *Calver, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Charlesworth, Chelmorton, Chesterfield, England, Chinley, Clay Cross, Clowne, Cressbrook, Creswell, Cromford, Crowden, Curbar *Derby, Dronfield, Duffield *Earl Sterndale, Eckington, Derbyshire, Edale, Edensor, Eyam *Fernilee *Gamesley, Glossop, Great Hucklow *Hadfield, Hartington, Hathersage, Hayfield, Heage, Heanor, Hope, England *Ilkeston *Little Hucklow, Long Eaton *Marston Montgomery, Marston on Dove, Matlock, England, Melbourne, Derbyshire, England, Miller's Dale, Morley, Derbyshire *New Mills, Newhaven, Derbyshire *Over Haddon,Osmaston *Parwich, Peak Forest *Riber, Ripley, Derbyshire *Shipley, Derbyshire, Shirebrook, Staveley, Stoney Middleton, Stretton, Derbyshire, Sudbury, Derbyshire, Swadlincote *Tansley, Taxal, Thornhill, Derbyshire, Tibshelf, Tideswell, Tunstead Milton *Walton, Derbyshire, Wardlow, Whaley Bridge, Whitwell, Wirksworth *Youlgreave == Places of interest == *Alfreton Hall *Alsop Hall *Arbor Low Stone Circle - English Heritage *Barlborough Hall *Bradbourne Hall *Bradley Hall *Bretby Hall, see also: Earls of Chesterfield *Buxton Hall *Buxton Museum & Art Gallery *Calke Abbey - National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty *Carsington Reservoir *Chatsworth House - a stately home, part of Treasure Houses of England; see also: Dukes of Devonshire *Coxbench Hall *Derwent Reservoir *Derwent Valley Mills - a World Heritage Site *Ednaston Manor *Eyam Hall *Fenney Bentley Old Hall *Flagg Hall *Glossop Hall *Great Longstone Hall *Haddon Hall *Hartington Hall *Heage Windmill *Heights of Abraham *Hob Hurst's House - English Heritage *Howden Reservoir *Ilam Hall *Kedleston Hall *Kinder Scout *Ladybower Reservoir *Longdendale chain of reservoirs *Longdendale Trail, a long distance footpath *Longford Hall *Mam Tor *National Tramway Museum, Crich *National Stone Centre, Wirksworth *Nine Ladies Stone Circle - English Heritage *Norbury Hall *Ogston Reservoir *Parwich Hall *Peveril Castle *Renishaw Hall *Riber Castle *Speedwell Cavern *Sudbury Hall - National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty *Sutton Scarsdale Hall - English Heritage *Thornbridge Hall *Tissington Hall *Well dressing - an ancient custom *Wingfield Manor - English Heritage Streets of interest to ''Daria'' fans: *Jane Lane *Trent Lane ==See also== *Derbyshire lead mining history Derbyshire

Derbyshire

''225,074 ha''? What's ''ha''? -- User:Zoe Hectares, I think. User:Renata 23:19 Jan 3, 2003 (UTC) Certainly not clear, at least to this unknowledgeable American. -- User:Zoe One hectare is 2.471 acres, one acre is 0.405 hectares.User:Renata 23:33 Jan 3, 2003 (UTC) I know what a hectare is, but it isn't clear that a ha is a hectare. -- User:Zoe See Hectare for the symbol. I've linked to the OofM page -- User:Tarquin 10:10 Jan 4, 2003 (UTC)

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