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The six Berkshire unitary authorities are the only ones not to also be non-metropolitan counties. Further reforms in 2009 and between 2019 and 2023 saw more unitary authorities created within the non-metropolitan counties. Since the most recent changes in 2023, England outside Greater London and the Isles of Scilly has been divided into 84 ...
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Subdivisions of England; Subdivisions of England (as of 1...
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A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is...
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Category:Counties of England. As of April 2009, England is...
- Subdivisions of England
In 2009, and from 2019 to 2023, there were further structural changes in some areas, resulting in a total of 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties. These 84 counties collectively consist of 262 districts or district-level subdivisions, i.e. 36 metropolitan boroughs and 226 non-metropolitan districts.
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The counties of Avon, Cleveland and Humberside, each of which had only been created in 1974, were all abolished in 1996. They were divided into unitary authorities; legally these are also non-metropolitan counties. As part of these reforms, it was decided to define counties for the purposes of lieutenancy differently from the local government ...
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Metropolitan counties are a subdivision of England which were originally used for local government. There are six metropolitan counties: Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands and West Yorkshire . The metropolitan counties were created in 1974 as part of a reform of local government in England and Wales.
