Comitatele ceremoniale ale Angliei

Comitatele Ceremoniale sau comitatele și zonele in scopul locotenenței sau Zone de Locotenență sunt subdiviziuni ale Angliei, numite uneori Comitate Geografice sau simplu comitate. Fiecare comitat are numit un Lord Locotenent care este reprezentantul Coroanei Britanice în respectivul comitat. Aceste comitate sunt folosite de majoritatea oamenilor pentru a se descrie locul unde locuiesc în Anglia. Cu toate acestea, multe nu sunt utilizate ca subunități administrative, deoarece fie sunt prea mari, fie includ arii urbane foarte populate. Ele sunt luate însă în considerație pentru a determina circumscripțiile electorale.

Comitatele au început să fie formate încă din secolul al XII-lea iar de-a lungul timpului structura și funcțiile acestora s-a schimbat. În anii 1960 a devenit evidentă necesitatea de a reforma sistemul comitatelor istorice, astfel că în 1972 acestea sunt reorganizate sub forma actuală în comitate metropolitane și nemetropolitane. În 1986 consillile comitatelor metropolitane sunt desființate iar în 1992 majoritatea zonelor urbane ce nu au făcut parte din comitatele metropolitane sunt reorganizate sub forma Autorităților Unitare, separate de comitatul înconjurător.

Zone de Locotenență sau comitate ceremoniale începând din 1997

Acestea sunt în număr de 48:

County for the purposes

of the lieutenancies

Population

(2018)

Area Density Composition

Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties or unitary authority areas

No. Rank (km2) (sq mi) Rank (/km2) (/sq mi) Rank
Bedfordshire 669,338 36th 1,235 477 41st 542 1,400 13th Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton
Berkshire 911,403 24th 1,262 487 40th 722 1,870 10th Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham
Bristol 463,405 43rd 110 42 47th 4,224 10,940 2nd Bristol
Buckinghamshire 808,666 30th 1,874 724 32nd 432 1,120 22nd Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes
Cambridgeshire 852,523 28th 3,390 1,310 15th 252 650 34th Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Cheshire 1,059,271 19th 2,343 905 25th 452 1,170 21st Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, and Warrington
City of London 8,706 48th 2.90 1.12 48th 2,998 7,760 4th City of London
Cornwall 568,210 40th 3,562 1,375 12th 160 410 41st Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Cumbria 498,888 41st 6,767 2,613 3rd 74 190 47th Cumbria
Derbyshire 1,053,316 21st 2,625 1,014 21st 401 1,040 25th Derbyshire and Derby
Devon 1,194,166 11th 6,707 2,590 4th 178 460 39th Devon, Plymouth and Torbay
Dorset 772,268 31st 2,653 1,024 20th 274 710 32nd Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Durham 866,846[citation needed] 26th 2,676 1,033 19th 324 840 28th County Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool and that part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the centre line of the River Tees
East Riding of Yorkshire 600,259 37th 2,477 956 23rd 242 630 35th East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston-upon-Hull
East Sussex 844,985 29th 1,791 692 33rd 472 1,220 20th East Sussex and Brighton and Hove
Essex 1,832,752 7th 3,670 1,420 11th 499 1,290 15th Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock
Gloucestershire 916,202 23rd 3,150 1,220 16th 291 750 30th Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire
Greater London 8,899,375 1st 1,569 606 37th 5,671 14,690 1st The London boroughs
Greater Manchester 2,812,569 3rd 1,276 493 39th 2,204 5,710 5th Greater Manchester
Hampshire 1,844,245 6th 3,769 1,455 9th 489 1,270 17th Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton
Herefordshire 192,107 45th 2,180 840 26th 88 230 46th Herefordshire
Hertfordshire 1,184,365 13th 1,643 634 36th 721 1,870 11th Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight 141,538 46th 380 150 46th 372 960 26th Isle of Wight
Kent 1,846,478 5th 3,738 1,443 10th 494 1,280 16th Kent and Medway
Lancashire 1,498,300 8th 3,075 1,187 17th 487 1,260 19th Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire
Leicestershire 1,053,486 20th 2,156 832 28th 489 1,270 18th Leicestershire and Leicester
Lincolnshire 1,087,659 18th 6,975 2,693 2nd 156 400 42nd Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire
Merseyside 1,423,065 9th 647 250 43rd 2,200 5,700 6th Merseyside
Norfolk 903,680 25th 5,380 2,080 5th 168 440 40th Norfolk
North Yorkshire 1,158,816[citation needed] 14th 8,654 3,341 1st 134 350 44th Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland, York and part of Stockton-on-Tees south of the centre line of the River Tees
Northamptonshire 747,622 33rd 2,364 913 24th 316 820 29th North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire
Northumberland 320,274 44th 5,014 1,936 6th 64 170 48th Northumberland
Nottinghamshire 1,154,195 15th 2,159 834 27th 535 1,390 14th Nottinghamshire and Nottingham
Oxfordshire 687,524 35th 2,605 1,006 22nd 264 680 33rd Oxfordshire
Rutland 39,697 47th 382 147 45th 104 270 45th Rutland
Shropshire 498,073 42nd 3,488 1,347 13th 143 370 43rd Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin
Somerset 965,424 22nd 4,170 1,610 7th 232 600 36th Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and Somerset
South Yorkshire 1,402,918 10th 1,552 599 38th 904 2,340 9th South Yorkshire
Staffordshire 1,131,052 17th 2,714 1,048 18th 417 1,080 24th Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Suffolk 758,556 32nd 3,801 1,468 8th 200 520 38th Suffolk
Surrey 1,189,934 12th 1,663 642 35th 716 1,850 12th Surrey
Tyne and Wear 1,136,371 16th 540 210 44th 2,105 5,450 7th Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire 571,010 39th 1,975 763 31st 289 750 31st Warwickshire
West Midlands 2,916,458 2nd 902 348 42nd 3,235 8,380 3rd West Midlands
West Sussex 858,852 27th 1,991 769 30th 431 1,120 23rd West Sussex
West Yorkshire 2,320,214 4th 2,029 783 29th 1,143 2,960 8th West Yorkshire
Wiltshire 720,060 34th 3,485 1,346 14th 207 540 37th Swindon and Wiltshire
Worcestershire 592,057 38th 1,741 672 34th 340 880 27th