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County Durham

County Durham
NameCounty Durham
StatusCeremonial county & (smaller) Unitary district
OriginHistoric
RegionNorth East England
ArearankRanked 19th
Area Km22676
AdminarearankRanked  
Adminarea Km2 
AdminhqDurham
Largest CityDurham
IsoGB-DUR
Ons00EJ
Nuts3UKC14
PoprankRanked  
Popestdate 
Pop 
Density Km2 
AdminpoprankRanked  
Ethnicity98.6% White
Council
Durham County Council
http://www.durham.gov.uk/
Mps10
Pat Glass (L)
Roberta Blackman-Woods (L)
Phil Wilson (L)
Alex Cunningham (L)
Grahame Morris (L)
Helen Goodman (L)
Kevan Jones (L)
Jenny Chapman (L)
James Wharton (C)
Iain Wright (L)
Subdivs# County Durham (Unitary) # Hartlepool (Unitary) # Darlington (Unitary) # Stockton-on-Tees (Unitary) * * Only the part of the borough to the north of the River Tees is within the ceremonial County Durham.

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County Durham c-enˈdʌrəm is a ceremonial county and (smaller) unitary district in North East England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county (in its own unitary Borough) is the town of Darlington. The county has a mixture of mining and farming heritage, as well as a heavy railway industry, particularity in the southwest of the county in Darlington, Shildon and Stockton. Its economy was historically based on coal and iron mining. It is an area of regeneration and promoted as a tourist destination.

The ceremonial county borders Tyne and Wear, North Yorkshire, Cumbria and Northumberland and forms part of the North East England region.


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