Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England

Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of subdivisions of England used for the purposes of local government outside Greater London and the Isles of Scilly. As originally constituted, the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties each consisted of multiple districts, had a county council and were also the counties for the purposes of Lieutenancies. Later changes in legislation during the 1980s and 1990s have resulted in counties with no county council and 'unitary authority' counties with no districts. Counties for the purposes of Lieutenancies are now defined separately, based on the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties.

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Metropolitan and non-metropolitan county
Category	Administrative counties
Location	England
Found in	Region
Created by	Local Government Act 1972
Created	1974
Number	83 (as of 1 April 2021)
Possible types	Metropolitan (6)   Non-metropolitan (77)
Possible status	Multiple districts with no county council (6 metropolitan counties and 1 non-metropolitan county) Multiple districts with county council (24 non-metropolitan counties) Unitary authorities (50 non-metropolitan counties)
Subdivisions	36 metropolitan districts 239 non-metropolitan districts

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In 2009 and 2019, there were further structural changes in some areas, resulting in a total of 83 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties. These 83 counties collectively consist of 283 districts or district-level subdivisions, i.e. 36 metropolitan boroughs and 247 non-metropolitan districts.