Northamptonshire
| Northamptonshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Ceremonial & Administrative County |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Area: - Total - Admin. council | Ranked 24th 2,364 km² Ranked 22nd |
| Admin HQ: | Northampton |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-NTH |
| ONS code: | 34 |
| NUTS 3: | UKF23 |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density - Admin. council | Ranked 33rd 638,238 270 / km² Ranked 16th |
| Ethnicity: | 95.1% White 2.0% S.Asian 1.2% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Northamptonshire County Council http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/ | |
| Executive: | Labour |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Tim Boswell, Tony Clarke, Phil Hope, Sally Keeble, Phil Sawford, Paul Stinchcombe | |
| Districts | |
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Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants) is a county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). It has borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire (inc. Peterborough), Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire (inc. Milton Keynes), Oxfordshire and England's shortest county boundary (19 metres) with Lincolnshire. The county town is Northampton.
The Soke of Peterborough was historically associated with Northamptonshire.
Towns and villages
Main article: List of places in Northamptonshire
- Brackley, Braunston, Burton Latimer
- Corby
- Daventry, Desborough
- Fotheringhay
- Kettering
- Long Buckby Lowick
- Marston St. Lawrence, Middleton, Moulton
- Naseby, Northampton
- Oundle
- Rothwell, Rushden
- Silverstone
- Thrapston, Towcester
- Welford Wellingborough Wollaston
Places of interest
- 78 Derngate
- Althorp
- Boughton House, home of the Dukes of Buccleuch
- Burghley House
- Canons Ashby House - National Trust
- Castle Ashby, home of the Marquess of Northampton
- Cottesbrooke Hall
- Deene Park
- Delapre Abbey
- Easton Neston
- Elton Hall
- Holdenby House
- Kelmarsh Hall
- Kirby Hall - English Heritage
- Lamport Hall
- Naseby Field
- Northampton & Lamport Railway
- Rockingham Castle
- Rockingham Motor Speedway
- Rushton Triangular Lodge - English Heritage
- Silverstone Circuit
- Stanford Hall
- Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum
- Sulgrave Manor
- Wicksteed Park
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