Lancashire

Lancashire
	Coonty
	The Red Rose o Lancaster is the coonty flouer o Lancashire, an a common seembol for the coonty.
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Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	North Wast Ingland
Established	c. 1182
Ceremonial coonty
Area	3,079 km 2 (1,189 sq mi)
? Rankit	17t o 48
Population (2011 est.)	1,449,300
? Rankit	8t o 48
Density	471/km 2 (1,220/sq mi)
Ethnicity	89.7% White Breetish ; 6.0% S. Asie ; 2.1% Ither White ; 0.9% Mixed ; 0.7% E. Asie an Ither ; 0.5% Black ; 2005 Estimates
Non-metropolitan coonty
Coonty cooncil	; Lancashire County Council ; http://www.lancashire.gov.uk
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	Preston
Aurie	2,903 km 2 (1,121 sq mi)
? Rankit	16t o 27
Population	1,169,300
? Rankit	4t o 27
Density	403/km 2 (1,040/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-LAN
ONS code	30
NUTS	UKD43
	; Destricts o Lancashire
Destricts	West Lancashire ; Chorley ; South Ribble ; Fylde ; City of Preston ; Wyre ; City of Lancaster ; Ribble Valley ; Pendle ; Burnley ; Rossendale ; Hyndburn ; Blackpool (Unitar) ; Blackburn with Darwen (Unitar) ;
Members o Pairlament	Jake Berry (C) ; Julie Cooper (L) ; Rosie Cooper (L) ; Nigel Evans (C) ; Seema Kennedy (C) ; Mark Hendrick (LC) ; Lindsay Hoyle (L) ; Gordon Marsden (L) ; Mark Menzies (C) ; Paul Maynard (C) ; David Morris (C) ; Cat Smith (L) ; Graham Jones (L) ; Kate Hollern (L) ; Andrew Stephenson (C) ; Ben Wallace (C) ;
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time ( UTC )
? Simmer ( DST )	Breetish Simmer Time ( UTC+1 )

Lancashire ( / [unsupported input] ? l æ ŋ k ? ? ?r / or, less commonly, / ? l æ ŋ k ? ? ??r / ) is a non-metropolitan coonty o historic oreegin in the North Wast o Ingland . It takes its name frae the ceety o Lancaster , an is whiles kent as the Coonty o Lancaster . ^[2] Awtho Lancaster is still considered tae be the coonty toun , Lancashire Coonty Cooncil is based in Preston . Lancashire is whiles referred tae bi the abbreviation Lancs , as oreeginally uised bi the Royal Mail . The population o the coonty is 1,449,700. Fowk frae the coonty are kent as Lancastrians .

Notes an references [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

↑ "Lancashire: county history" . The High Sheriff's Association of England and Wales . 2010. Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016 . Retrieved 30 December 2015 .
↑ Vision of Britain ? Lancashire