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[[File:Flag_of_Lancashire.png|thumb|220px|right|[[Flag]] of Lancashire]]
{{infobox English county
[[File:Arms of Lancashire County Council.svg|thumb|120px|right|[[Coat of arms]] of Lancashire]]
| official_name = Lancashire
[[File:EnglandLancashire.svg|thumb|Lancashire shown within England]]
| image_main = {{multiple images
|border=infobox|perrow=1/2/2/2 |total_width=250px
| image1 = Central_Pier,_Blackpool_(Unsplash)_(cropped).jpg
| image2 = The Ashton Memorial in Lancaster (12311695365).jpg
| image3 = Clitheroe - geograph.org.uk - 4067941.jpg
}}
| image_caption = [[Central Pier, Blackpool|Central Pier]] and the [[Blackpool Tower|Tower]], [[Blackpool]]; the [[Ashton Memorial]], [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]; and a view of [[Clitheroe]] with the [[Forest of Bowland]] beyond
| motto = <!--for non-English motto, use: ''Motto in italics''<br />("English translation")-->
| locator_map = [[File:Lancashire UK locator map 2010.svg|250px]]
| map_caption =
| coordinates = {{Coord|53.8|-2.6|region:GB-LAN_type:adm1st|display=title, inline}}
| region = [[North West England]]
| established_date = {{circa|1182}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highsheriffs.com/Lancashire/LancashireHistory.htm|title=Lancashire: county history|website=The High Sheriff's Association of England and Wales|date=2010|access-date=30 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185947/http://www.highsheriffs.com/Lancashire/LancashireHistory.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| established_by =
| preceded_by =
| origin = [[Honour of Lancaster]]
| MPs = [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire|16 MPs]]
| police = [[Lancashire Constabulary]]
| largest_city = [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
| largest_town = [[Blackpool]]
<!-- Ceremonial county -->| lord_lieutenant_office = Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
| lord_lieutenant_name = [[Amanda Parker]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-lord-lieutenant-of-lancashire-4-april-2023 |date=4 April 2023 |website=Gov.uk}}</ref>
| high_sheriff_office = High Sheriff of Lancashire
| high_sheriff_name = David Taylor<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.highsheriffoflancashire.co.uk/index.php/hs-2018-2019|title=Current High Sheriff David Taylor, CBE |publisher=highsheriffoflancashire.co.uk|access-date=2023-05-01}}</ref>
| ethnicity = {{Unbulleted list
| 82.2% [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]
| 9.2% [[British Asians|Asian]]
| 3.8% [[Black British people|Black]]
| 2.8% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|mixed]]
| 2.0% [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|other]]
}}
| ethnicity_year = [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021]]
| ethnicity_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Population by ethnicity and change 2011-21 |url=https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/lancashire-insight/population-and-households/population-and-households-census-2021-articles/population-by-ethnicity-and-change-2011-21/ |date=31 January 2023 |website=Lancashire County Council |access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref>
<!-- Non-metropolitan county -->| county_council = [[Lancashire County Council]]
| unitary_council1 = [[Blackpool Council]]
| unitary_council2 = [[Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]]
| joint_committees =
| admin_hq = [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
| iso_code = GB-LAN
| gss_code = E10000017
| nuts_code = TLD43
| website = {{URL|lancashire.gov.uk}}
<!-- Maps -->| districts_map = [[File:Lancashire numbered districts.svg|200px]]
| districts_key = {{Colorsample|#FEFE77}} Unitary {{Colorsample|#FEC1E9}} County council area
| districts_list = {{Collapsible list
| title =
| liststyle = list-style-type:decimal;
| 1 = [[City of Lancaster|Lancaster]]
| 2 = [[Borough of Wyre|Wyre]]
| 3 = [[Borough of Blackpool|Blackpool]]
| 4 = [[Borough of Fylde|Fylde]]
| 5 = [[City of Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]
| 6 = [[Ribble Valley]]
| 7 = [[South Ribble]]
| 8 = [[Hyndburn]]
| 9 = [[Borough of Burnley|Burnley]]
| 10 = [[Borough of Pendle|Pendle]]
| 11 = [[West Lancashire]]
| 12 = [[Borough of Chorley|Chorley]]
| 13 = [[Blackburn with Darwen]]
| 14 = [[Borough of Rossendale|Rossendale]]
}}
}}
'''Lancashire''' is a ceremonial [[county]] in the [[North West England|North West]] of [[England]]. Its two [[city|cities]] are [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] and [[Preston]]. Before [[1974]], [[Liverpool, England|Liverpool]] and [[Manchester]] were part of the administrative county of Lancashire.
'''Lancashire''' is a ceremonial [[county]] in the [[North West England|North West]] of [[England]]. Its two [[city|cities]] are [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] and [[Preston]]. Before [[1974]], [[Liverpool, England|Liverpool]] and [[Manchester]] were part of the administrative county of Lancashire.
== Rivalry ==
== Rivalry ==
== Lancashire Media ==
== Lancashire Media ==
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File:Lancashire 1610 Speed Hondius - Restoration.jpg|Map of the ''countie pallatine of Lancaster'', 1610 by [[John Speed]]
File:Lancashire 1610 Speed Hondius - Restoration.jpg|Map of the ''countie pallatine of Lancaster'', 1610 by [[John Speed]]
File:Topography of Lancashire.png|Topography of Lancashire, England
File:Topography of Lancashire.png|Topography of Lancashire, England
File:North West Green Belt.svg|{{legend|#92F98B|The North West Green Belt|outline=#808080}}*{{Legend-line|2px solid #0024FF|Ceremonial county borders}}*{{Legend-line|2px solid #FD3EC4|District council borders}}
File:North West Green Belt.svg|{{legend|#92F98B|The North West Green Belt|outline=#808080}}*{{Legend-line|2px solid #0024FF|Ceremonial county borders}}*{{Legend-line|2px solid #FD3EC4|District council borders}}
File:Lancashire County Hall, Preston.jpg|County Hall in Preston, Lancashire, England, the seat of Lancashire County Council.
File:Historical and current boundaries of Lancashire.png|A map showing the [[Historic counties of England|historic]] boundaries of Lancashire in red and those of the current ceremonial county in green
File:Industry during the First World War Q28242.jpg|Workers cutting corrugated asbestos sheets in a Lancashire factory, September 1918
File:Industry during the First World War Q28242.jpg|Workers cutting corrugated asbestos sheets in a Lancashire factory, September 1918
File:cattle Banks marsh.JPG|Cattle grazing on the [[salt marshes]] of the [[Ribble and Alt Estuaries|Ribble Estuary]] near [[Banks, Lancashire|Banks]]
File:cattle Banks marsh.JPG|Cattle grazing on the [[salt marshes]] of the [[Ribble and Alt Estuaries|Ribble Estuary]] near [[Banks, Lancashire|Banks]]
File:M6 motorway near Carnforth.jpg|M6 Motorway, near Carnforth.
File:Lancashire County Flag.svg|The flag designed to represent Lancashire
</gallery>
</gallery>
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[[Category:Ceremonial counties of England]]
[[Category:Ceremonial counties of England]]
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