Essex

For ither uises, see Essex (disambiguation).

Essex (/[unsupported input]ˈɛsᵻks/) is a ceremonial an nan-metropolitan coonty in the East o Ingland, an ane o the hame coonties. Essex County Council is the principal local authority for hintle o the coonty, sharin functions wi twal destrict cooncils. The coonty toun is Chelmsford. The soothren Essex burghs o Thurrock an Southend-on-Sea are govrened separately as unitar authorities. It wis established in antiquity an formit the eastren portion o the Kinrick o Essex. Sections o the coonty closer tae Lunnon are pairt o the Metropolitan Green Belt, which prohibits development. It is the location o the regionally significant Lakeside Shopping Centre an London Stansted Airport; an the new touns o Basildon an Harlow.

Coonty
Motto: Essex Works. For a better quality of life
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	East o Ingland
Oreegin	Historic
Ceremonial coonty
Area
• Rankit	o 48
• Rankit	o 48
Density
Ethnicity	96.8% White 1.2% S. Asie
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
• Simmer (DST)	Breetish Simmer Time (UTC+1)

Freemit airtins

• Essex at Curlie
• Visit Essex
• Essex Coonty Council Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine