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    Metropolitan counties are a subdivision of England which were originally used for local government. There are six metropolitan counties: Greater Manchester...
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    definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local...
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    A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is a subdivision of England used for local government. The non-metropolitan counties were originally...
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    Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan counties. All of the metropolitan districts have...
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    fields such as sport. County-tier councils and each unitary authority are separate non-metropolitan counties, each non-metropolitan county can be known as a...
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    West Midlands is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the larger West Midlands region of England. A landlocked county, it is bordered by Staffordshire...
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    county and district. Metropolitan boroughs are a subdivision of a metropolitan county. These are similar to unitary authorities, as the metropolitan county...
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    services in an area. They combine the functions of a non-metropolitan county council and a non-metropolitan district council, which elsewhere in England provide...
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    The Augusta metropolitan area, officially the Augusta-Richmond County metropolitan statistical area according to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget...
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    judicial counties up until 1974. In 1974, administrative counties and county boroughs were abolished, and a new system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties...
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  • surrounding territories Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England, United Kingdom Metropolitan county, a type of county-level administrative...
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    they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status...
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    Essex (redirect from Metropolitan Essex)
    largely rural. For local government purposes Essex comprises a non-metropolitan county, with twelve districts, and two unitary authority areas: Thurrock...
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  • especially within large metropolitan areas, they have been replaced with alternative unitary authorities, which are considered 'county level' authorities....
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  • administrative divisions like counties or separate entities such as states. As a result, sometimes the precise definition of a given metropolitan area will vary between...
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    is Oxnard, and the county seat is the city of Ventura. Ventura County comprises the Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which...
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  • county councils abolished. In their place was established a system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan county councils. Some of the non-metropolitan...
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    The historic county excludes the village of Startforth, the ceremonial county excludes the city of Sunderland and the non-metropolitan county excludes the...
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    Metropolitan boroughs were subdivisions of the County of London from 1900 to 1965. The 28 boroughs were created by the London Government Act 1899. In...
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    For local government purposes the ceremonial county of Lancashire comprises the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, with twelve districts, and two...
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    Barnsley (96,888). The east and west of the county are more rural. The county is governed by four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, City of Doncaster, Rotherham...
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    the Humber region, and the rest of the county is in the East Midlands. From May 2025 the non-metropolitan county council and two unitary councils will...
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  • services and police forces (see Non-metropolitan county § List of non-metropolitan counties). Similarly the short-lived county of Avon provides part of the area...
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    population is 564,404. The county seat is Modesto. Stanislaus County makes up the Modesto metropolitan statistical area. The county is located just east of...
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    two-tier metropolitan and non-metropolitan county and district councils remains in use today in large parts of England, although the metropolitan county councils...
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    CO Metropolitan Statistical Area consisting of ten Colorado counties: the City and County of Denver, Arapahoe County, Jefferson County, Adams County, Douglas...
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    is based on the 2010 census of Imperial County. † county seat 442/760 – Covers all of the El Centro metropolitan area as well as Palm Springs, Oceanside...
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    Georgia metropolitan counties, and central time zone, the time zone of Russell County, Alabama. The Columbus metropolitan area is one of two metropolitan areas...
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    Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada, which also comprises the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan statistical...
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    Merseyside (/ˈmɜːrzisaɪd/ MUR-zee-syde) is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester...
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