Lancashire

Lancashire (/[unsupported input]ˈlæŋkəʃər/ or, less commonly, /ˈlæŋkəʃɪər/) is a non-metropolitan coonty o historic oreegin in the North Wast o Ingland. It takes its name frae the ceety o Lancaster, an is whiles kent as the Coonty o Lancaster. Awtho Lancaster is still considered tae be the coonty toun, Lancashire Coonty Cooncil is based in Preston. Lancashire is whiles referred tae bi the abbreviation Lancs, as oreeginally uised bi the Royal Mail. The population o the coonty is 1,449,700. Fowk frae the coonty are kent as Lancastrians.

Lancashire
Coonty
The Red Rose o Lancaster is the coonty flouer o Lancashire, an a common seembol for the coonty.
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	North Wast Ingland
Established	c. 1182
Ceremonial coonty
Area	3,079 km2 (1,189 sq mi)
• Rankit	17t o 48
Population (2011 est.)	1,449,300
• Rankit	8t o 48
Density	471/km2 (1,220/sq mi)
Ethnicity	89.7% White Breetish 6.0% S. Asie 2.1% Ither White 0.9% Mixed 0.7% E. Asie an Ither 0.5% Black 2005 Estimates
Non-metropolitan coonty
Coonty cooncil	Lancashire County Council http://www.lancashire.gov.uk
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	Preston
Aurie	2,903 km2 (1,121 sq mi)
• Rankit	16t o 27
Population	1,169,300
• Rankit	4t o 27
Density	403/km2 (1,040/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-LAN
ONS code	30
NUTS	UKD43
Destricts o Lancashire
Destricts	West Lancashire Chorley South Ribble Fylde City of Preston Wyre City of Lancaster Ribble Valley Pendle Burnley Rossendale Hyndburn Blackpool (Unitar) Blackburn with Darwen (Unitar)
Members o Pairlament	Jake Berry (C) Julie Cooper (L) Rosie Cooper (L) Nigel Evans (C) Seema Kennedy (C) Mark Hendrick (LC) Lindsay Hoyle (L) Gordon Marsden (L) Mark Menzies (C) Paul Maynard (C) David Morris (C) Cat Smith (L) Graham Jones (L) Kate Hollern (L) Andrew Stephenson (C) Ben Wallace (C)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
• Simmer (DST)	Breetish Simmer Time (UTC+1)