Derbyshire

**Derbyshire**

Geography
Status	Ceremonial an (smawer) nan-metropolitan coonty
Region	East Midlands
Aurie - Total - Admin. council - Admin. aurie	Rankit 21st 2,625 km² (1,014 sq mi) Rankit 20t 2,547 km² (983 sq mi)
Admin HQ	Matlock
ISO 3166-2	GB-DBY
ONS code	17
NUTS 3	UKF12/13
Demographics
Population - Total (2011 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 19t 1,010,600 385/km² (1,000/sq mi) Ranked 11t 763,700
Ethnicity	96.0% White 2.3% S. Asie 1.7% Black, Mixed Race or Cheenese
Politics
Arms of Derbyshire County Council Derbyshire County Council http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/
Executive	Conservative
Members o Parliament	Margaret Beckett (L) Jessica Lee (C) Natascha Engel (L) Toby Perkins (L) Chris Williamson (L) Andrew Bingham (C) Nigel Mills (C) Patrick McLoughlin (C) Dennis Skinner (L) Heather Wheeler (C) Pauline Latham (C)
Destricts
Click on image 1. High Peak 2. Derbyshire Dales 3. Sooth Derbyshire 4. Erewash 5. Amber Valley 6. North East Derbyshire 7. Chesterfield 8. Bolsover 9. Derby (Unitary)

Derbyshire (ⁱ/ˈdɑːrbᵻʃə/ DAR-bi-shər or /ˈdɑːrbɪʃɪər/ DAR-bi-sheer; abbreviatit Derbys. or Derbs.) is a coonty in the East Midlands o Ingland. A substantial portion o the Peak District National Park lees athin Derbyshire. The soothren extremity o the Pennine range o hills extends intae the north o the coonty. The coonty contains athin its boondary o approximately 225 mile pairt o the Naitional Forest. In 2003 the Ordnance Survey placit Church Flatts ferm, near Coton in the Elms, as the furthest point frae the sea in Great Breetain.^[1]^[2]

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