North-eastern England

North East England
North East England region in England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Largest city	Newcastle upon Tyne
Largest town	{{{largest_town}}}
Government
• EP constituency	North East England
Area
• Total	3,317 sq mi (8,592 km2)
Area rank	8th
Population (2011)
• Total	2,597,000
• Rank	9th
• Density	780/sq mi (300/km2)
GVA
• Per capita	£15,688 (9th)
NUTS code	UKC
ONS code	E12000001

North East England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It covers Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear, and the area of the former county of Cleveland in North Yorkshire. The region is home to three large conurbations: Teesside, Wearside, and Tyneside, the last of which is the largest of the three and the eighth most populous conurbation in the United Kingdom. There are three cities in the region: Newcastle upon Tyne, the largest, with a population of just under 280,000; Sunderland, located in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear along with Newcastle ; and the city of Durham, the county town of County Durham. Other large settlements in the region include Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, South Shields, and Washington. In common parlance, and geographically, north-east England is popularly, if vaguely, conceived to include somewhat more of north Yorkshire than stipulated above.

The region is generally hilly and sparsely populated in the North and West, and urban and arable in the East and South. The highest point in the region is The Cheviot, in the Cheviot Hills, at 815 metres (2,674 ft).