Buckinghamshire

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Buckinghamshire
Image:EnglandBuckinghamshire.png
Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region South East England
Area
- Total
Ranked 32nd
1,874 km²
Admin HQ Aylesbury
ISO 3166-2 GB-BKM
ONS code 11
NUTS 3 UKJ13
Demographics
Population
- Total (2005 est.)
- Density
Ranked 31st
700,100
374 / km²
Ethnicity 91.7% White
4.3% S.Asian
1.6% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Buckinghamshire County Council
http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/
Executive Conservative
Members of Parliament
  • John Bercow
  • Cheryl Gillan
  • Paul Goodman
  • Dominic Grieve
  • Mark Lancaster
  • David Lidington
  • Phyllis Starkey
Districts
  1. South Bucks
  2. Chiltern
  3. Wycombe
  4. Aylesbury Vale
  5. Milton Keynes (Unitary)

Buckinghamshire (its short name is Bucks) is a county in central England, near the south and London. The county town is named Aylesbury.

[edit] Cities, towns and villages

Locations marked with a (*) are a part of the cerimonal county of Buckinghamshire, but are governed by the Borough of Milton Keynes.

  • Amersham
  • Aylesbury
  • Beaconsfield
  • Bletchley*
  • Buckingham
  • Chesham
  • Eton*
  • Fenny Stratford*
  • High Wycombe
  • Marlow
  • Milton Keynes*
  • Newport Pagnell*
  • Olney*
  • Princes Risborough
  • Slough*
  • Stony Stratford*
  • Wendover
  • Winslow
  • Wolverton*