North East England

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**North-east England**
Geography
North-east region shown within England
Status	Region
Area — Total	Ranked 8th 8,592 km²
NUTS 1	UKC
Demographics
Population — Total — Density	Ranked 9th 2,515,479 (2001) 293/km²
Government
HQ	Newcastle
Assembly — Type	North East non-directly elected
European parliament	North East England
Website

North-east England is one of the nine official regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and a small part of North Yorkshire.

The highest point in the region is The Cheviot, in Northumberland, at 815m and the principal city is Newcastle and the largest city is Sunderland.

1 Elected assembly
2 Local government
3 History
4 Biodiversity
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Elected assembly

Further information: Northern England referendum, 2004

A referendum held on 4 November 2004 rejected the establishment of an elected regional assembly for the region.

[edit] Local government

The official region consists of the following subdivisions:

Ceremonial county	County /unitary	Districts
1. Northumberland †		Blyth Valley Wansbeck Castle Morpeth Tynedale Alnwick Berwick-upon-Tweed
Tyne and Wear *		2. Newcastle upon Tyne 3. Gateshead 4. North Tyneside 5. South Tyneside 6. Sunderland
County Durham	7. County Durham †	City of Durham Easington Sedgefield Teesdale Wear Valley Derwentside Chester-le-Street
	8. Darlington
	9. Stockton-on-Tees (partly in North Yorkshire)
	10. Hartlepool
North Yorkshire (part only)	11. Redcar and Cleveland
North Yorkshire (part only)	12. Middlesbrough

Key: shire county = † | metropolitan county = *

[edit] History

The region was created in 1994 and was originally defined as Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Cleveland. As part of a reform of local government Cleveland has since been abolished and several unitary districts created.

The region is now considered to consist of four distinct 'sub-regions':

County Durham
Northumberland
Tyne and Wear
Tees Valley (former Cleveland area plus Darlington)

However, a study has shown that people in the region do not tend to travel much within the North East.

[edit] Biodiversity

The region has a rich natural heritage, which includes stretches of coast and extensive upland tracts that are of European nature conservation importance for their habitats and bird-life, and the Magnesian Limestone grasslands of East Durham - a habitat found nowhere else in the world.

[edit] See also

Bands and musicians from the North East

[edit] External links

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North East England Portal

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Alnwick - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Blyth Valley - Castle Morpeth - Chester-le-Street - Darlington - Derwentside - Durham - Easington - Gateshead - Hartlepool - Middlesbrough - Newcastle upon Tyne - North Tyneside - Redcar and Cleveland - Sedgefield - South Tyneside - Stockton-on-Tees - Sunderland - Teesdale - Tynedale - Wansbeck - Wear Valley
Counties with multiple districts: County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear