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East Suffolk District
East Suffolk is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Suffolk, England. The largest town is Lowestoft, which contains Ness Point, the easternmost point of the United Kingdom. The second largest town is Felixstowe, which has the country's largest Port of Felixstowe, container port. On the district's south-western edge it includes parts of the Ipswich built-up area. The rest of the district is largely rural, containing many towns and villages, including several seaside resorts. Its council is based in the village of Melton, Suffolk, Melton. The district was formed in 2019 as a merger of the two previous districts of Suffolk Coastal and Waveney District, Waveney. In 2021 it had a population of 246,058. It is the most populous district in the country not to be a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority. The district is on the coast, facing the North Sea. Much of the coast and adjoining areas lies within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths, a designated Area of O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative County
An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, and in Ireland from 1899 until either 1973 (in Northern Ireland) or 2002 (in the Republic of Ireland). They are now abolished, although most Northern Ireland lieutenancy areas and Republic of Ireland counties have the same boundaries as former administrative countries. History England and Wales The term was introduced for England and Wales by the Local Government Act 1888, which created county councils for various areas, and called them 'administrative counties' to distinguish them from the continuing statutory counties. In England and Wales the legislation was repealed in 1974, and entities called ' metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties' in England and 'counties' in Wales were introduced in their place. Though strictly inaccurate, these are often called 'administrative counties' to distinguish them from both the historic counties, and the ceremonial counties. Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |