Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (pronounced [ˈglɒstəʃə]; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. The county includes part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.

Gloucestershire

Geography
Status	Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin	Historic
Region:	South West England
Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 16th 3,150 km² Ranked 17th 2,653 km²
Admin HQ:	Gloucester
ISO 3166-2:	GB-GLS
ONS code:	23
NUTS 3:	UKK13
Demographics
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 25th 823,500 261 / km² Ranked 21st 575,400
Ethnicity:	97.3% White
Politics
Gloucestershire County Council http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/ Archived 2020-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
Executive	Conservative
Members of Parliament	Roger Berry Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Parmjit Dhanda David Drew Mark Harper Martin Horwood Doug Naysmith Dan Norris Laurence Robertson Steve Webb
Districts
Tewkesbury Forest of Dean Gloucester Cheltenham Stroud Cotswold South Gloucestershire (Unitary)

The county town is Gloucester, and other principal towns include Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, and Tewkesbury.

Gloucestershire borders the county of Gwent in Wales, and in England the counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Somerset and Bristol.