Leicestershire

Leicestershire
County
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Leicestershire in England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East Midlands
Established	Historic
Ceremonial county
Area	2,156 km2 (832 sq mi)
• Ranked	28th of 48
Population (mid-2014 est.)	980,800
• Ranked	21st of 48
Density	455/km2 (1,180/sq mi)
Ethnicity	85.0% White 11.9% S.Asian 1.2% Black British 1.5% Mixed Race
Non-metropolitan county
County council	Leicestershire County Council
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	Glenfield
Area	2,083 km2 (804 sq mi)
• Ranked	20th of 27
Population	651,200
• Ranked	17th of 27
Density	313/km2 (810/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-LEC
ONS code	31
NUTS	UKF22
Districts of Leicestershire
Districts	Charnwood Melton Harborough Oadby and Wigston Blaby Hinckley and Bosworth North West Leicestershire City of Leicester (Unitary)
Members of Parliament	Edward Argar (C) Alan Duncan (C) Edward Garnier (C) Liz Kendall (L) Nicky Morgan (C) Alberto Costa (C) Jon Ashworth (L) Andrew Bridgen (C) David Tredinnick (C) Keith Vaz (L)
Time zone	GMT (UTC)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)

Leicestershire (ⁱ/ˈlɛstərʃər/ or /ˈlɛstərʃɪər/; abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, Staffordshire to the west, and Derbyshire to the north-west. The border with most of Warwickshire is Watling Street (the A5).

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