County of Stafford
| Staffordshire | |||||
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| Motto: "The knot unites" | |||||
 Staffordshire in England |
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| Coordinates: 52°50′N 2°00′W / 52.833°N 2.000°WCoordinates: 52°50′N 2°00′W / 52.833°N 2.000°W | |||||
| Sovereign state |
 United Kingdom
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| Country |
 England
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| Region | West Midlands | ||||
| Established | Ancient | ||||
| Ceremonial county | |||||
| Lord Lieutenant | Ian Dudson | ||||
| High Sheriff | Colonel David L Leigh (2016-17) | ||||
| Area | 2,713 km2 (1,047 sq mi) | ||||
| • Ranked | 18th of 48 | ||||
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | 1,114,200 | ||||
| • Ranked | 17th of 48 | ||||
| Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) | ||||
| Ethnicity | 97.0% White 1.7% S.Asian 1.3% Other |
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| Non-metropolitan county | |||||
| County council | Staffordshire County Council | ||||
| Executive | Conservative | ||||
| Admin HQ | Stafford | ||||
| Area | 2,620 km2 (1,010 sq mi) | ||||
| • Ranked | 18th of 27 | ||||
| Population | 862,600 | ||||
| • Ranked | 8th of 27 | ||||
| Density | 329/km2 (850/sq mi) | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-STS | ||||
| ONS code | 41 | ||||
| GSS code | E10000028 | ||||
| NUTS | UKG24 | ||||
| Website | www |
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 Districts of Staffordshire Unitary County council area |
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| Districts | |||||
| Members of Parliament | List of MPs | ||||
| Police | Staffordshire Police | ||||
| Time zone | GMT (UTC) | ||||
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | ||||
Staffordshire (/ˈstæfədʃɪər/ or /ˈstæfədʃə/; abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England. It adjoins Cheshire to the north west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the south east, West Midlands and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west.
The largest city in Staffordshire is Stoke-on-Trent, which is administered separately from the rest of the county as an independent unitary authority. Lichfield also has city status, although this is a considerably smaller cathedral city. Major towns include Stafford (the county town), Burton upon Trent, Cannock, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Leek, and Tamworth. Smaller towns include Stone, Uttoxeter, and Rugeley, and large villages Eccleshall, Wombourne, Kinver, Penkridge, Tutbury and Stretton. Cannock Chase AONB is within the county as well as parts of the National Forest and the Peak District national park.
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