Warwickshire
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Warwickshire (/ˈwɒrɪkʃər, -ʃɪər/ (
listen); abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon[3][4] and Victorian novelist George Eliot, (born Mary Ann Evans), at Nuneaton.[5] Other significant towns include Rugby, Leamington Spa, Bedworth, Kenilworth and Atherstone. The county offers a mix of historic towns and large rural areas. It is a popular destination for international and domestic tourists to explore both medieval and more recent history.[6]
Warwickshire | |
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.jpg) Warwick, the county town of Warwickshire | |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Established | Historic |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Largest town | Nuneaton |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Lord Lieutenant | Timothy Cox |
| High Sheriff | The Lady Willoughby de Broke[1] (2021–22) |
| Area | 1,975 km2 (763 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 31st of 48 |
| Population (2021) | 571,010 |
| • Ranked | 39th of 48 |
| Density | 289/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | 92.8% White 4.6% Asian 1.5% Mixed 0.8% Black 0.4% Other[2] |
| Non-metropolitan county | |
| County council | Warwickshire County Council www |
| Executive | Conservative |
| Admin HQ | Warwick |
| Area | 1,975 km2 (763 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 21st of 26 |
| Population | 577,933 |
| • Ranked | 22th of 26 |
| Density | 293/km2 (760/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-WAR |
| ONS code | 44 |
| ITL | UKG13 |
| Districts | |
 Districts of Warwickshire | |
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The county is divided into five districts of North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon.
The current county boundaries were set in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. The historic county boundaries included Coventry, Sutton Coldfield and Solihull, as well as much of Birmingham and Tamworth.