Staffordshire
Staffordshire (/ˈstæfərdʃɪər, -ʃər/;[2] postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands County and Worcestershire to the south and Shropshire to the west.
Staffordshire | |
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 Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto: The knot unites | |
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| Coordinates: 52°48′25″N 02°06′58″W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Established | Ancient |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Members of Parliament | List of MPs |
| Police | Staffordshire Police |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Lord Lieutenant | Ian Dudson |
| High Sheriff | Charles Jewitt of Admaston[1] (2020-21) |
| Area | 2,713 km2 (1,047 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 18th of 48 |
| Population (2021) | 1,131,052 |
| • Ranked | 17th of 48 |
| Density | 417/km2 (1,080/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | 97.0% White 1.7% S.Asian 1.3% Other |
| Non-metropolitan county | |
| County council | Staffordshire County Council |
| Executive | Conservative |
| Admin HQ | Stafford |
| Area | 2,620 km2 (1,010 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 14th of 26 |
| Population | 879,560 |
| • Ranked | 8th of 26 |
| Density | 336/km2 (870/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-STS |
| ONS code | 41 |
| GSS code | E10000028 |
| ITL | UKG24 |
| Website | www |
| Districts | |
 Districts of Staffordshire Unitary County council area | |
| Districts | |
The largest settlement in Staffordshire is Stoke-on-Trent, which is administered as an independent unitary authority, separately from the rest of the county. Lichfield is a cathedral city. Other major settlements include Stafford, Burton upon Trent, Cannock, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Rugeley, Leek, and Tamworth.
Other towns include Stone, Cheadle, Uttoxeter, Hednesford, Brewood, Burntwood/Chasetown, Kidsgrove, Eccleshall, Biddulph and the large villages of Penkridge, Wombourne, Perton, Kinver, Codsall, Tutbury, Alrewas, Barton-under-Needwood, Shenstone, Featherstone, Essington, Stretton and Abbots Bromley. Cannock Chase AONB is within the county as well as parts of the National Forest and the Peak District national park.
Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Bromwich, and Smethwick are within the historic county boundaries of Staffordshire, but since 1974 have been part of the West Midlands county.
Apart from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire is divided into the districts of Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands, and Tamworth.