Bedfordshire

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Bedfordshire
Image:EnglandBedfordshire.png
Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
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/
Executive Conservative
Members of Parliament
  • Alistair Burt
  • Nadine Dorries
  • Patrick Hall
  • Kelvin Hopkins
  • Margaret Moran
  • Andrew Selous
Districts
  1. Bedford
  2. Mid Bedfordshire
  3. South Bedfordshire
  4. Luton (Unitary)

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.