North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire | |
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Top to bottom, left to right:
Ribblehead Viaduct in the Yorkshire Dales, the Tees Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough, Staithes, and York Minster | |
 Location of North Yorkshire within England | |
| Coordinates: 54°6′N 1°21′W / 54.100°N 1.350°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber and North East |
| Established | 1974 |
| Established by | Local Government Act 1972 |
| Origin | Yorkshire |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Members of Parliament | List of MPs |
| Police | North Yorkshire Police Cleveland Police |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Lord Lieutenant | Johanna Ropner[1] |
| High Sheriff | Clare Deborah Granger (2023–24)[2] |
| Area | |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| Population (2005 est.) | 1,045,000 |
| • Ranked | 16th of 48 |
| Density | 121/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity |
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| Districts | |
 Districts of North Yorkshire | |
| Districts | Unitary:
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North Yorkshire is a large county in the region of Yorkshire in England.
North Yorkshire is part of one bigger county called Yorkshire. The three parts of Yorkshire are called the West Riding, the East Riding, and the North Riding. in 1974, the names changed. The "North Riding" changed to "North Yorkshire". The other main parts of Yorkshire are now South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The largest city in North Yorkshire is York. York is now (since 1996) a unitary authority.
North Yorkshire is the largest county in England. It has several towns. It also has many open green areas and hills, so two of the 11 UK national parks (the North York Moors and most of the Yorkshire Dales) are in North Yorkshire.
- ↑ "New Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire appointed". Gazette & Herald. 13 November 2018. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ↑ "No. 63990". The London Gazette. 10 March 2023. p. 4634.