East Midlands

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**East Midlands**
Geography
East Midlands region shown within England
Status	Region
Area — Total	Ranked 4th 15,627 km²
NUTS 1	UKF
Demographics
Population — Total — Density	Ranked 8th 4,172,179 (2001) 267/km²
Government
HQ	Nottingham
Assembly — Type	East Midlands non-directly elected
European parliament	East Midlands
Website

The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. It consists of the combined area of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and most of Lincolnshire.

The highest point in the region is Kinder Scout, in the Derbyshire Peak District at 636m. A looser definition of the East Midlands would include the City of Peterborough, Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

1 Population and settlement
2 History
3 Local government
4 MEPs
5 Local media
6 External links

[edit] Population and settlement

Its main settlements are Nottingham, Leicester, Lincoln, Derby, Northampton, Mansfield and Chesterfield. Leicester is officially the largest city in the region, although the largest conurbation is the Nottingham Urban Area.

The north of Derbyshire, however, is usually more associated with Northern England. The borough of High Peak relies on the conurbation of Manchester in the North West. Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire are more associated with Sheffield in Yorkshire. Indeed the local dialect and accent of North East Derbyshire is much closer to Yorkshire dialect than that which is spoken in the south of the county and other parts of the East Midlands.

East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire is situated between the three main cities of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, and the region is served by Midland Mainline and GNER high-speed trains to London; and by the Cross Country Route (MR) to Birmingham and the South West. The M1 motorway also serves the three largest conurbations.

See also: East Midlands English

[edit] History

A historical basis for such an area exists in the Five Burghs of the Danelaw. The current government office region was created in 1994.

[edit] Local government

The official region consists of the following subdivisions:

Ceremonial county	Shire county /unitary	Districts
Derbyshire	1. Derbyshire	High Peak, Derbyshire Dales South Derbyshire, Erewash Amber Valley, North East Derbyshire Chesterfield, Bolsover
Derbyshire	2. Derby
Nottinghamshire	3. Nottinghamshire	Rushcliffe, Broxtowe Ashfield, Gedling Newark and Sherwood, Mansfield Bassetlaw
Nottinghamshire	4. Nottingham
Lincolnshire	5. Lincolnshire	Lincoln, North Kesteven South Kesteven, South Holland, Boston, East Lindsey, West Lindsey, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire
Leicestershire	6. Leicestershire	Charnwood, Melton Harborough, Oadby and Wigston Blaby, Hinckley and Bosworth North West Leicestershire
Leicestershire	7. Leicester
8. Rutland
9. Northamptonshire		South Northamptonshire, Northampton Daventry, Wellingborough Kettering, Corby East Northamptonshire

[edit] MEPs

Further information: East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)

The East Midlands is also a six-member constituency for the European Parliament.

[edit] Local media

Local media include:

The East Midlands region of BBC Television, based in Nottingham, which produces several regional television programs, including the news program BBC East Midlands Today. This excludes most of Northamptonshire, North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire. Most of Lincolnshire is covered by the BBC North region based in Hull. Whereas Derbyshire's High Peak is covered by BBC North West based in Manchester.
MATV, based in Leicester, which caters to the area's large South Asian population.
BBC Radios Derby, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Northampton, Nottingham and Sheffield. BBC Radio Leicester was the first local radio station in the United Kingdom.
Many commercial radio stations: Leicester Sound, Trent FM (Nottingham) Ram FM (Derby and Burton-on-Trent), Peak FM (Chesterfield and North Derbyshire), Lincs FM (Lincolnshire and Newark-on-Trent), Sabras Radio and Saga 106.6FM (Derbys, Leics & Notts).
Several newspapers, the largest of which include the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derbyshire Times, Leicester Mercury, Lincolnshire Echo, Northampton Chronicle and Echo, and Nottingham Evening Post.

[edit] External links

The United Kingdom (UK)
England \| Scotland \| Northern Ireland \| 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 Midlands
Amber Valley \| Ashfield \| Bassetlaw \| Blaby \| Bolsover \| Boston \| Broxtowe \| Charnwood \| Chesterfield \| Corby \| Daventry \| Derby \| Derbyshire Dales \| East Lindsey \| East Northamptonshire \| Erewash \| Gedling \| Harborough \| High Peak \| Hinckley and Bosworth \| Kettering \| Leicester \| Lincoln \| Mansfield \| Melton \| Newark and Sherwood \| Northampton \| North East Derbyshire \| North Kesteven \| North West Leicestershire \| Nottingham \| Oadby and Wigston \| Rushcliffe \| Rutland \| South Derbyshire \| South Holland \| South Kesteven \| South Northamptonshire \| Wellingborough \| West Lindsey
Counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire