Bedfordshire
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Bedfordshire | |
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Geography | |
Status | Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county |
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Region | East of England |
Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area |
Ranked 41st 1,235 km² Ranked 34th 1,192 km ² |
Admin HQ | Bedford |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-BDF |
ONS code | 09 |
NUTS 3 | UKH22 |
Demographics | |
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. |
Ranked 36th 582,600 472 / km² Ranked 32nd 397,700 |
Ethnicity | 86.3% White 8.3% S.Asian 2.9% Afro-Carib. |
Politics | |
Bedfordshire County Council http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ |
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Executive | Conservative |
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Districts | |
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Bedfordshire is a county of England.
Its county town is Bedford. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with the Borough of Milton Keynes) and Hertfordshire.
The highest elevation point is 243 metres (797 feet) on Dunstable Downs in the Chilterns.
The county motto is "Constant Be", which is taken from the hymn To Be A Pilgrim by John Bunyan.