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[[File:Flag of Cornwall.svg|thumb|200px|St Piran's Flag]]
{{Infobox English county
[[File:England and Cornwall.png|thumb|200px|A [[map]] showing where Cornwall is in [[England]] (coloured [[red]])]]
| official_name = Cornwall
[[File:RoughTor.jpg|thumb|Rough Tor, on Bodmin Moor]]
| other_name = {{native name|kw|Kernow}}
| image_main = {{multiple images |border=infobox |perrow=2 1 |total_width=260px
| image1 = The stamps and whim engine house at Wheal Coates - geograph.org.uk - 1476958.jpg
| image2 = St_Michael's_Mount_View.jpg
| image3 = A walk on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall (3), 30 Sept. 2010 - Flickr - PhillipC.jpg
}}
| image_caption = Part of [[Wheal Coates]] [[Mining in Cornwall and Devon|tin mine]], [[St Michael's Mount]], and ponies on [[Bodmin Moor]]
| locator_map = Cornwall UK locator map 2010.svg
| map_caption = Cornwall shown within England
| coordinates = {{Coord|50|24|N|4|54|W|region:GB_type:adm2nd|display=title,inline}}
| region = [[South West England|South West]]
| established_date =
| established_by =
| preceded_by =
| origin = [[Historic counties of England|Ancient]]
| MPs = [[Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall|6 MPs]]
| police = [[Devon and Cornwall Police]]
| county_town = [[Truro]]
| largest_town = [[Camborne]]
<!-- Ceremonial county fields -->
| lord_lieutenant_office = Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall
| lord_lieutenant_name = [[Edward Bolitho]]
| high_sheriff_office = High Sheriff of Cornwall
| high_sheriff_name = Peter Geraint Richards<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=64688 |date=24 March 2025 |page=5794 }}</ref>
| ethnicity = {{Unbulleted list
| 96.8% [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]
| 1.2% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]]
| 1.1% [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|other]]
| 0.7% [[British Asians|Asian]]
| 0.2% [[Black British people|Black]]
}}
| ethnicity_year = [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021]]
| ethnicity_footnotes = <ref name="2021 Nomis">{{NOMIS2021 |id=E06000052 |title=Cornwall Local Authority |access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref>
<!-- Local government fields -->
| unitary_council = [[Cornwall Council]]
| admin_hq = [[Lys Kernow]], [[Truro]]
| iso_code = GB-CON
| gss_code = E06000052
| nuts_code = TLK30
| website = {{URL|cornwall.gov.uk}}
<!-- Districts map -->
| districts_map = [[File:Cornwall UK district map (numbered).svg|250px]]
| districts_key =
| districts_list =
# Cornwall (unitary)
# [[Isles of Scilly]] {{nowrap|(''sui generis'' unitary)}}
}}
'''Cornwall''' (Cornish: ''Kernow'') is a county in the far [[South West England|southwest of England]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. [[Truro]] is the [[capital city|capital]] of the Unitary Authority that has administered Cornwall since 2009. Truro is also the only city. It has the cathedral of the [[Diocese of Truro]]. Cornwall is home to the [[Cornish language|Cornish Language]] and the [[Cornish people]]. The Duchy of Cornwall is an estate which belongs to the [[Prince of Wales]] (who is also the Duke of Cornwall), but only part of it is in Cornwall. Cornwall is split from [[Devon]] by the River Tamar. Cornwall is home to [[Newquay]], a popular town and holiday resort.
'''Cornwall''' (Cornish: ''Kernow'') is a county in the far [[South West England|southwest of England]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. [[Truro]] is the [[capital city|capital]] of the Unitary Authority that has administered Cornwall since 2009. Truro is also the only city. It has the cathedral of the [[Diocese of Truro]]. Cornwall is home to the [[Cornish language|Cornish Language]] and the [[Cornish people]]. The Duchy of Cornwall is an estate which belongs to the [[Prince of Wales]] (who is also the Duke of Cornwall), but only part of it is in Cornwall. Cornwall is split from [[Devon]] by the River Tamar. Cornwall is home to [[Newquay]], a popular town and holiday resort.
== Industry and tourism ==
== Industry and tourism ==
== Cornwall Media ==
== Cornwall Media ==
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File:Saxon England according to the Saxon Chronicle.jpg|"Cornweallas" shown on an early 19th-century map of "Saxon England" (and Wales) based on the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]''
File:Saxon England according to the Saxon Chronicle.jpg|"Cornweallas" shown on an early 19th-century map of "Saxon England" (and Wales) based on the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]''.
File:Land's End, Cornwall, England.jpg|Land's End, Cornwall, England - Sunday February 17th 2008.
File:Land's End, Cornwall, England.jpg|Land's End, Cornwall, England - Sunday February 17th 2008.
File:St Germans Church 1.jpg|St German's Priory Church (Norman)
File:St Germans Church 1.jpg|St German's Priory Church (Norman)
File:Dupath well cornwall.jpg|Dupath Well, one of Cornwall's many holy wells dating from c.1510
File:Dupath well cornwall.jpg|Dupath Well, one of Cornwall's many holy wells dating from {{Circa|1510}}
File:St Petroc's Church, Bodmin - geograph.org.uk - 51028.jpg|St Petroc's Church, Bodmin - geograph.org.uk - 51028
File:St Petroc's Church, Bodmin - geograph.org.uk - 51028.jpg|St Petroc's Church, Bodmin - geograph.org.uk - 51028