Essex
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Essex (/ˈɛsɪks/) is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Greater London to the south and south-west. There are three cities in Essex: Southend, Colchester and Chelmsford, in order of population. For the purposes of government statistics, Essex is placed in the East of England region.[3][4] There are four definitions of the extent of Essex, the widest being the ancient county. Next, the largest is the former postal county, followed by the ceremonial county, with the smallest being the administrative county—the area administered by the County Council, which excludes the two unitary authorities of Thurrock and Southend-on-Sea. The ceremonial county occupies the eastern part of what was, during the Early Middle Ages, the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex. As well as rural areas and urban areas, it forms part of the wider Home Counties of England.
Essex | |
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 Chelmsford, the county town of Essex | |
| Motto(s): "Many Minds, One Heart" | |
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| Coordinates: 51°45′N 0°35′E | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East |
| Established | Ancient |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Members of Parliament | List of MPs |
| Police | Essex Police |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Lord Lieutenant | Jennifer Tolhurst[1] |
| High Sheriff | Mrs Julie Fosh[2](2020–21) |
| Area | 3,670 km2 (1,420 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 11th of 48 |
| Population (2021) | 1,832,752 |
| • Ranked | 7th of 48 |
| Density | 499/km2 (1,290/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity |
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| Non-metropolitan county | |
| County council | Essex County Council |
| Executive | Conservative |
| Admin HQ | Chelmsford |
| Area | 3,465 km2 (1,338 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 9th of 26 |
| Population | 1,489,189 |
| • Ranked | 2nd of 26 |
| Density | 431/km2 (1,120/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-ESS |
| ONS code | 22 |
| GSS code | E10000012 |
| ITL | UKH33 |
| Website | www |
| Unitary authorities | |
| Councils | Southend-on-Sea City Council Thurrock Council |
| Districts | |
 Districts of Essex Unitary County council area | |
| Districts | |
