Hampshire
Hampshire | |
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Spinnaker Tower and Portsmouth Harbour (top), Winchester Cathedral (bottom left), and pannage in the New Forest (bottom right) | |
 Ceremonial Hampshire within England  Historic Hampshire in the British Isles | |
| Coordinates: 51°03′27″N 1°18′27″W / 51.0575°N 1.3075°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East |
| Established | Ancient |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Members of Parliament | List of MPs |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Lord Lieutenant | Nigel Atkinson |
| High Sheriff | Lady Edwina Grosvenor[1] (2022–23) |
| Area | 3,769 km2 (1,455 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 9th of 48 |
| Population (2005 est.) | 1,671,000 |
| • Ranked | 5th of 48 |
| Density | 443/km2 (1,150/sq mi) |
| Non-metropolitan county | |
| County council | Hampshire County Council |
| Executive | Conservative |
| Admin HQ | Winchester |
| Area | 3,679 km2 (1,420 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | of 26 |
| Population | 1,259,400 |
| • Ranked | 3rd of 26 |
| Density | 342/km2 (890/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-HAM |
| ONS code | 24 |
| GSS code | E10000014 |
| ITL | UKJ33 |
| Website | hants |
| Unitary authorities | |
| Councils | Southampton Portsmouth |
| Districts | |
 Districts of Hampshire Unitary County council area | |
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Hampshire is a county in the south of the UK. The county has an area of 1,455 square miles (3,769 km²). At its widest points, the county is about 55 miles (90 km) east-west and 40 miles (65 km) north-south. The county town is Winchester. About 1.6 million people live in Hampshire.
- ↑ "No. 63644". The London Gazette. 16 March 2022. p. 5082.