Leicestershire

Summary

Leicestershire is a ceremonial county of England^[1]. Leicestershire draws 733 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial_county_of_england category, ranking #32 of 36).^[2]

Key Facts

• Leicestershire is located in East Midlands^[3].
• Leicestershire is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Leicestershire's image is recorded as Leicester landmarks montage.jpg^[5].
• Leicestershire's instance of is recorded as ceremonial county of England^[6].
• Leicestershire's capital is recorded as Leicester^[7].
• Leicestershire's flag image is recorded as Flag of Leicestershire.svg^[8].
• Leicestershire's shares border with is recorded as Rutland^[9].
• Leicestershire's shares border with is recorded as Lincolnshire^[10].
• Leicestershire's shares border with is recorded as Nottinghamshire^[11].
• Leicestershire's shares border with is recorded as Derbyshire^[12].
• Leicestershire's shares border with is recorded as Warwickshire^[13].
• Leicestershire's shares border with is recorded as Northamptonshire^[14].
• Leicestershire's coat of arms image is recorded as Arms of Leicestershire County Council.svg^[15].
• Leicester is named after Leicestershire^[16].
• Leicestershire's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as City of Leicester^[17].
• Leicestershire's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Leicestershire^[18].
• Leicestershire's flag is recorded as flag of Leicestershire^[19].
• Leicestershire's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131316875^[20].
• Leicestershire's GND ID is recorded as 4111244-1^[21].
• Leicestershire's locator map image is recorded as Leicestershire in England (+ceremonial areas).svg^[22].
• Leicestershire's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50056602^[23].
• Leicestershire's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-LEC^[24].
• Leicestershire's Commons category is recorded as Leicestershire^[25].
• Leicestershire's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 78309^[26].
• Leicestershire's pronunciation audio is recorded as En-leicestershire.ogg^[27].

Body

Geography

Leicestershire is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Leicestershire is located in East Midlands^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Leicestershire's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+2156.2339'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1043800'}^[29], {'amount': '+1053486'}^[30], and {'amount': '+1067121'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Leicestershire's instance of is recorded as ceremonial county of England^[6].

History and Context

Leicester is named after Leicestershire^[16].

Why It Matters

Leicestershire draws 733 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial_county_of_england category, ranking #32 of 36).^[2] Leicestershire has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Leicestershire is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]