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Devonshire

Devon
County
St Petroc's flag of Devon Coat of arms of Devon County Council
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Auxilio Divino" ("With God's help")
Devon within England
Devon in England
Coordinates: 50°42′N 3°48′W / 50.7°N 3.8°W / 50.7; -3.8Coordinates: 50°42′N 3°48′W / 50.7°N 3.8°W / 50.7; -3.8
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country England
Region South West
Established Ancient
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant David Fursdon
High Sheriff Mrs A M Gilbert
Area 6,707 km2 (2,590 sq mi)
 • Ranked 4th of 48
Population (mid-2015 est.) 1,169,200
 • Ranked 11th of 48
Density 174/km2 (450/sq mi)
Ethnicity 94.2% White British (ceremonial county)
Non-metropolitan county
County council Devon County Council
Executive Conservative
Admin HQ Exeter
Area 6,564 km2 (2,534 sq mi)
 • Ranked 3rd of 27
Population 773,100
 • Ranked 12th of 27
Density 117/km2 (300/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2 GB-DEV
ONS code 18
GSS code E10000008
NUTS UKK43
Website www.devon.gov.uk
Unitary authorities
Councils Plymouth City Council
Torbay Council
Devon numbered districts.svg
Districts of Devon
Unitary County council area
Districts
  1. City of Exeter
  2. East Devon
  3. Mid Devon
  4. North Devon
  5. Torridge
  6. West Devon
  7. South Hams
  8. Teignbridge
  9. City of Plymouth
  10. Torbay
Members of Parliament List of MPs
Police Devon and Cornwall Police
Time zone GMT (UTC)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)

Devon (/ˈdɛvən/), also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the northeast, and Dorset to the east. The City of Exeter is the county town; seven other districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, and West Devon are under the jurisdiction of Devon County Council; Plymouth and Torbay are each a part of Devon but administered as unitary authorities. Combined as a ceremonial county, Devon's area is 6,707 km2 (2,590 square miles) and its population is about 1.1 million.

Devon derives its name from Dumnonia, which, during the British Iron Age, Roman Britain, and Early Medieval was the homeland of the Dumnonii Brittonic Celts. The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain resulted in the partial assimilation of Dumnonia into the Kingdom of Wessex during the eighth and ninth centuries. The western boundary with Cornwall was set at the River Tamar by King Æthelstan in 936. Devon was constituted as a shire of the Kingdom of England thereafter.


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