East Sussex
East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East Sussex is the city of Brighton and Hove.
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East Sussex | |
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Coordinates: 50.94°N 0.37°E | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | South East England |
Established | 1974 (Local Government Act 1972) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
Members of Parliament | |
Ceremonial county | |
Lord Lieutenant | Peter Field (2008–)[1] |
High Sheriff | Andrew Blackman[2] (2020–21) |
Area | 1,792 km2 (692 sq mi) |
• Ranked | 33rd of 48 |
Population (2021) | 844,985 |
• Ranked | 29th of 48 |
Density | 472/km2 (1,220/sq mi) |
Ethnicity | 97.7% White 1.0% S. Asian |
Non-metropolitan county | |
County council | East Sussex County Council |
Executive | Conservative |
Admin HQ | Lewes |
Area | 1,709 km2 (660 sq mi) |
• Ranked | 23rd of 26 |
Population | 557,229 |
• Ranked | 24th of 26 |
Density | 326/km2 (840/sq mi) |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-ESX |
ONS code | 21 |
ITL | UKJ22 |
Website | www |
Districts | |
![]() Unitary County council area Districts of East Sussex | |
Districts |