East of England

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**East of England**
Geography
East region shown within England
Status	Region
Area — Total	Ranked 2nd 19,120 km²
NUTS 1	UKH
Demographics
Population — Total — Density	Ranked 4th 5,388,140 (2001) 282/km² (2001)
Government
HQ	Cambridge
Assembly — Type	East of England non-directly elected
European parliament	East of England
Website

The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. Its boundaries include Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Its population as of the 2001 census was 5,388,140. The area is mostly low-lying, and the highest point is an unnamed point near the hill of Ivinghoe Beacon, near Tring, reaching 817 feet.

1 Historical use
2 Common use
3 Local government
4 Regional assembly
5 External links

[edit] Historical use

Before the creation of the East of England region there had been a smalller standard statistical region of East Anglia which did not include Essex, Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire. They had previously been included in the South East region. The East of England civil defence region shared the boundaries of the current region.

[edit] Common use

In common usage the easterly parts of this area, have long been and, continue to be known as East Anglia. The areas closer to London are more commonly called part of the South East with Hertfordshire and Essex included in the "Home Counties".

[edit] Local government

The official region consists of the following subdivisions:

Ceremonial county	Shire county / unitary	Districts
Essex	1. Thurrock
	2. Southend-on-Sea
	3. Essex	Harlow, Epping Forest, Brentwood, Basildon, Castle Point, Rochford, Maldon, Chelmsford, Uttlesford, Braintree, Colchester,Tendring
4. Hertfordshire		Three Rivers, Watford, Hertsmere, Welwyn Hatfield, Broxbourne, East Hertfordshire, Stevenage, North Hertfordshire, St Albans, Dacorum
Bedfordshire	5. Luton
Bedfordshire	6. Bedfordshire	Bedford, Mid Bedfordshire, South Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire	7. Cambridgeshire	Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Fenland, East Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire	8. Peterborough
9. Norfolk		Norwich, South Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, Broadland, North Norfolk, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Breckland
10. Suffolk		Ipswich, Suffolk Coastal, Waveney, Mid Suffolk, Babergh, St Edmundsbury, Forest Heath

[edit] Regional assembly

An East of England Regional Assembly exists to co-ordinate the work of the local councils in the area and provides other functions.

[edit] External links

The United Kingdom (UK)	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg England \| Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland \| Image:Flag of Northern Ireland (bordered).svg Northern Ireland \| Image:Flag of Wales (bordered).svg Wales
Regions of England: East of England \| East Midlands \| London \| North East \| North West \| South East \| South West \| West Midlands \| Yorkshire and the Humber

Districts of the East of England	Image:Flag of England.svg
Babergh \| Basildon \| Bedford \| Braintree \| Breckland \| Brentwood \| Broadland \| Broxbourne \| Cambridge \| Castle Point \| Chelmsford \| Colchester \| Dacorum \| East Cambridgeshire \| East Hertfordshire \| Epping Forest \| Fenland \| Forest Heath \| Great Yarmouth \| Harlow \| Hertsmere \| Huntingdonshire \| Ipswich \| King's Lynn and West Norfolk \| Luton \| Maldon \| Mid Bedfordshire \| Mid Suffolk \| North Hertfordshire \| North Norfolk \| Norwich \| Peterborough \| Rochford \| St Albans \| St Edmundsbury \| South Bedfordshire \| South Cambridgeshire \| Southend-on-Sea \| South Norfolk \| Stevenage \| Suffolk Coastal \| Tendring \| Three Rivers \| Thurrock \| Uttlesford \| Watford \| Waveney \| Welwyn Hatfield
Counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk