Staffordshire Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| Staffordshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area | Ranked 18th 2,713 km² Ranked 18th 2,620 km² |
| Admin HQ: | Stafford |
| : | GB-STS |
| ONS code: | 41 |
| NUTS 3: | UKG24 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. | Ranked 15th 1,047,528 386 / km² Ranked 7th 808,952 |
| Ethnicity: | 97.0% White 1.7% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
Staffordshire County Council http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | Labour |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Charlotte Atkins, William Cash, Patrick Cormack, Janet Dean, Michael Fabricant, Paul Farrelly, Mark Fisher, Brian Jenkins, David Kidney, George Stevenson, Joan Walley, Tony Wright | |
| Districts | |
Major conurbations in Staffordshire include Stoke-on-Trent, Burton-upon-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Tamworth and Stafford itself.
Staffordshire is divided into a number of districts. These are Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands and Tamworth. Stoke-on-Trent is administered as a separate unitary authority.
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2 Geography 3 Towns and villages 4 Places of interest 5 Local Groups |
The historic county of Staffordshire included Wolverhampton, Walsall, and West Bromwich, these were removed in 1974 to the new county of West Midlands. The resulting administrative area of Staffordshire has a narrow southwards protrusion that runs west of West Midlands to the border of Worcestershire. Further, Stoke-on-Trent was removed in the 1990s to form a unitary authority, but is still considered part of Staffordshire for ceremonial purposes.
Historically, Staffordshire was divided into the five hundredss of Cuttlestone, Offlow, Pirehill, Seisdon and Totmonslow.
In the north and in the south the county is hilly, with wild moorlands in the north. In the midland regions the surface is low and undulating. Throughout the entire county there are vast and important coal fields. In the southern part there are also rich iron ore deposits. The largest river is the Trent. The soil is chiefly clay and agriculture was not highly developed.
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Main article History of Staffordshire.Geography
Towns and villages
Places of interest
Local Groups