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Administrative counties of England


Name	Administrative county (England)
Category	Administrative county
Territory	England
Upper Unit	County
Start Date	1889
Legislation Begin	Local Government Act 1888
Legislation End	Local Government Act 1972
End Date	1974
Population Range	25,000 � 4.2 million
Government	County council
Subdivision	Rural district
Subdivision1	Urban district
Subdivision2	Municipal borough

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Administrative counties were a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government from 1889 to 1974. They were created by the Local Government Act 1888 as the areas for which county councils were elected. Some large counties were divided into several administrative counties, each with its own county council. The administrative counties were abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and were replaced by the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England.

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