Cambridgeshire | |||||
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Motto: "Corde Uno Sapientes Simus" ("With one heart let us be wise") |
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![]() Cambridgeshire in England |
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Coordinates: 52°20′N 0°0′W / 52.333°N -0.000°ECoordinates: 52°20′N 0°0′W / 52.333°N -0.000°E | |||||
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Region | East | ||||
Established | 1 April 1974 | ||||
Established by | Local Government Act 1972 | ||||
Preceded by |
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Huntingdon and Peterborough |
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Origin | Ancient | ||||
Ceremonial county | |||||
Lord Lieutenant | Julie Spence | ||||
High Sheriff | Richard Pemberton | ||||
Area | 3,389 km2 (1,309 sq mi) | ||||
• Ranked | 15th of 48 | ||||
Population (mid-2016 est.) | 849,000 | ||||
• Ranked | 27th of 48 | ||||
Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) | ||||
Ethnicity | 94.6% White 2.6% S.Asian |
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Non-metropolitan county | |||||
County council | Cambridgeshire County Council | ||||
Executive | Conservative | ||||
Admin HQ | Cambridge | ||||
Area | 3,046 km2 (1,176 sq mi) | ||||
• Ranked | 15th of 27 | ||||
Population | 651,900 | ||||
• Ranked | 18th of 27 | ||||
Density | 214/km2 (550/sq mi) | ||||
ISO 3166-2 | GB-CAM | ||||
ONS code | 12 | ||||
GSS code | E10000003 | ||||
NUTS | UKH12 | ||||
Website | www |
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Unitary authorities | |||||
Councils | Peterborough City Council | ||||
![]() Districts of Cambridgeshire Unitary County council area |
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Districts | |||||
Members of Parliament | List of MPs | ||||
Police | Cambridgeshire Constabulary | ||||
Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) | ||||
• Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) |
Cambridgeshire (/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒʃər/ or /-ʃɪər/; abbreviated Cambs.), is an East Anglian county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. Modern Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 as an amalgamation of the counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough, the former covering the historic county of Cambridgeshire (including the Isle of Ely), and the latter covering the historic county of Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough area of historic Northamptonshire. It contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen.