Derbyshire

Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Geography
Status	Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region	East Midlands
Area; - Total; - Admin. council; - Admin. area	Ranked 21st; 2,625 km2 (1,014 sq mi); Ranked 20th
Admin HQ	Matlock
ISO 3166-2	GB-DBY
ONS code	17
NUTS 3	UKF12/13
Demography
Population; - Total (2005 est.); - Density; - Admin. council; - Admin. pop.	Ranked 20th; 981,200; 373/km2 (970/sq mi) ; Ranked 11th; 747,500
Ethnicity	96.0% White; 2.3% S.Asian
Politics
	Derbyshire County Council; http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/
Executive	Labour
Members of Parliament	Margaret Beckett; Liz Blackman; Natasha Engel; Paul Holmes; Bob Laxton; Tom Levitt; Judy Mallaber; Patrick McLoughlin; Dennis Skinner; Mark Todd;
Districts
	High Peak; Derbyshire Dales; South Derbyshire; Erewash; Amber Valley; North East Derbyshire; Chesterfield; Bolsover; Derby (Unitary);

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A large part of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Cheshire.

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