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ceremonial county of England

collective name for areas, in England, to which a Lord Lieutenant is appointed
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ceremonial county of England

Summary

ceremonial county of England has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • ceremonial county of England is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • ceremonial county of England's main regulatory text is recorded as Lieutenancies Act 1997[3].
  • ceremonial county of England is a type of county of England[4].
  • ceremonial county of England is a type of lieutenancy area[5].
  • ceremonial county of England's Commons category is recorded as Ceremonial counties of England[6].
  • ceremonial county of England's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ceremonial counties of England[7].
  • ceremonial county of England's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as boundary=ceremonial[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include county of England[4] and lieutenancy area[5].

Why It Matters

ceremonial county of England has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q19320
    Entityschema for this class → {'id': 'E71', 'entity-type': 'entity-schema'}
    Main regulatory text → Lieutenancies Act 1997
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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