Derbyshire
Derbyshire (/ˈdɑːrbiʃɪər, -ʃər, -ɪ-/ DAR-bee-sheer, -shər, -ih)[2] is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the north-west, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the north-east, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the west and south-west and Cheshire to the west.
Derbyshire | |
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 Matlock, the county town of Derbyshire | |
| Motto: Bene consulendo ("By wise deliberation") | |
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| Coordinates: 53.18°N 1.61°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Established | Ancient |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Members of Parliament | List of MPs |
| Police | Derbyshire Constabulary |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Lord Lieutenant | William Tucker |
| High Sheriff | Louise Telford Potter[1] (2021–22) |
| Area | 2,625 km2 (1,014 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 21st of 48 |
| Population (mid-2019 est.) | 1,053,316 |
| • Ranked | 21st of 48 |
| Density | 401/km2 (1,040/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | 96.0% White 2.3% S. Asian 1.7% Black, Mixed Race or Chinese |
| Non-metropolitan county | |
| County council | Derbyshire County Council |
| Executive | Conservative |
| Admin HQ | Matlock |
| Area | 2,547 km2 (983 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 16th of 26 |
| Population | 802,694 |
| • Ranked | 11th of 26 |
| Density | 315/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-DBY |
| ONS code | 17 |
| GSS code | E10000007 |
| ITL | UKF12, UKF13 |
| Website | derbyshire |
| Districts | |
 Districts of Derbyshire Unitary County council area | |
| Districts | |
Kinder Scout, at 636 m (2,087 ft), is the highest point and Trent Meadows, where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, the lowest at 27 m (89 ft).[3]: 1 [4] The north–south River Derwent is the longest river at 66 mi (106 km).[5] In 2003, the Ordnance Survey named Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms, near Swadlincote, as Britain's furthest point from the sea.[6][7] Derby is a unitary authority area, but remains part of the ceremonial county. The county was a lot larger than its present coverage, it once extended to the boundaries of the City of Sheffield district in South Yorkshire where it covered the suburbs such as Mosborough, Owlthorpe, Jordanthorpe, Totley, Dore and Abbeydale.[8][9]