Comitatele ceremoniale ale Angliei

Comitatele Ceremoniale sau comitatele și zonele in scopul locotenenței sau Zone de Locotenență sunt subdiviziuni ale Angliei, numite uneori Comitate Geografice sau simplu comitate. Fiecare comitat are numit un Lord Locotenent care este reprezentantul Coroanei Britanice în respectivul comitat. Aceste comitate sunt folosite de majoritatea oamenilor pentru a se descrie locul unde locuiesc în Anglia. Cu toate acestea, multe nu sunt utilizate ca subunități administrative, deoarece fie sunt prea mari, fie includ arii urbane foarte populate. Ele sunt luate însă în considerație pentru a determina circumscripțiile electorale.

Comitatele au început să fie formate încă din secolul al XII-lea iar de-a lungul timpului structura și funcțiile acestora s-a schimbat. În anii 1960 a devenit evidentă necesitatea de a reforma sistemul comitatelor istorice, astfel că în 1972 acestea sunt reorganizate sub forma actuală în comitate metropolitane și nemetropolitane. În 1986 consillile comitatelor metropolitane sunt desființate iar în 1992 majoritatea zonelor urbane ce nu au făcut parte din comitatele metropolitane sunt reorganizate sub forma Autorităților Unitare, separate de comitatul înconjurător.

Zone de Locotenență sau comitate ceremoniale începând din 1997

Acestea sunt în număr de 48:

County for the purposes of the lieutenancies	Population (2018)		Area			Density			Composition Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties or unitary authority areas
County for the purposes of the lieutenancies	No.	Rank	(km²)	(sq mi)	Rank	(/km²)	(/sq mi)	Rank
Bedfordshire	669,338	36th	1,235	477	41st	542	1,400	13th	Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton
Berkshire	911,403	24th	1,262	487	40th	722	1,870	10th	Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wokingham
Bristol	463,405	43rd	110	42	47th	4,224	10,940	2nd	Bristol
Buckinghamshire	808,666	30th	1,874	724	32nd	432	1,120	22nd	Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes
Cambridgeshire	852,523	28th	3,390	1,310	15th	252	650	34th	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Cheshire	1,059,271	19th	2,343	905	25th	452	1,170	21st	Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, and Warrington
City of London	8,706	48th	2.90	1.12	48th	2,998	7,760	4th	City of London
Cornwall	568,210	40th	3,562	1,375	12th	160	410	41st	Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Cumbria	498,888	41st	6,767	2,613	3rd	74	190	47th	Cumbria
Derbyshire	1,053,316	21st	2,625	1,014	21st	401	1,040	25th	Derbyshire and Derby
Devon	1,194,166	11th	6,707	2,590	4th	178	460	39th	Devon, Plymouth and Torbay
Dorset	772,268	31st	2,653	1,024	20th	274	710	32nd	Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Durham	866,846^{[citation needed]}	26th	2,676	1,033	19th	324	840	28th	County Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool and that part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the centre line of the River Tees
East Riding of Yorkshire	600,259	37th	2,477	956	23rd	242	630	35th	East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston-upon-Hull
East Sussex	844,985	29th	1,791	692	33rd	472	1,220	20th	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove
Essex	1,832,752	7th	3,670	1,420	11th	499	1,290	15th	Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock
Gloucestershire	916,202	23rd	3,150	1,220	16th	291	750	30th	Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire
Greater London	8,899,375	1st	1,569	606	37th	5,671	14,690	1st	The London boroughs
Greater Manchester	2,812,569	3rd	1,276	493	39th	2,204	5,710	5th	Greater Manchester
Hampshire	1,844,245	6th	3,769	1,455	9th	489	1,270	17th	Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton
Herefordshire	192,107	45th	2,180	840	26th	88	230	46th	Herefordshire
Hertfordshire	1,184,365	13th	1,643	634	36th	721	1,870	11th	Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight	141,538	46th	380	150	46th	372	960	26th	Isle of Wight
Kent	1,846,478	5th	3,738	1,443	10th	494	1,280	16th	Kent and Medway
Lancashire	1,498,300	8th	3,075	1,187	17th	487	1,260	19th	Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire
Leicestershire	1,053,486	20th	2,156	832	28th	489	1,270	18th	Leicestershire and Leicester
Lincolnshire	1,087,659	18th	6,975	2,693	2nd	156	400	42nd	Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire
Merseyside	1,423,065	9th	647	250	43rd	2,200	5,700	6th	Merseyside
Norfolk	903,680	25th	5,380	2,080	5th	168	440	40th	Norfolk
North Yorkshire	1,158,816^{[citation needed]}	14th	8,654	3,341	1st	134	350	44th	Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland, York and part of Stockton-on-Tees south of the centre line of the River Tees
Northamptonshire	747,622	33rd	2,364	913	24th	316	820	29th	North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire
Northumberland	320,274	44th	5,014	1,936	6th	64	170	48th	Northumberland
Nottinghamshire	1,154,195	15th	2,159	834	27th	535	1,390	14th	Nottinghamshire and Nottingham
Oxfordshire	687,524	35th	2,605	1,006	22nd	264	680	33rd	Oxfordshire
Rutland	39,697	47th	382	147	45th	104	270	45th	Rutland
Shropshire	498,073	42nd	3,488	1,347	13th	143	370	43rd	Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin
Somerset	965,424	22nd	4,170	1,610	7th	232	600	36th	Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and Somerset
South Yorkshire	1,402,918	10th	1,552	599	38th	904	2,340	9th	South Yorkshire
Staffordshire	1,131,052	17th	2,714	1,048	18th	417	1,080	24th	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Suffolk	758,556	32nd	3,801	1,468	8th	200	520	38th	Suffolk
Surrey	1,189,934	12th	1,663	642	35th	716	1,850	12th	Surrey
Tyne and Wear	1,136,371	16th	540	210	44th	2,105	5,450	7th	Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire	571,010	39th	1,975	763	31st	289	750	31st	Warwickshire
West Midlands	2,916,458	2nd	902	348	42nd	3,235	8,380	3rd	West Midlands
West Sussex	858,852	27th	1,991	769	30th	431	1,120	23rd	West Sussex
West Yorkshire	2,320,214	4th	2,029	783	29th	1,143	2,960	8th	West Yorkshire
Wiltshire	720,060	34th	3,485	1,346	14th	207	540	37th	Swindon and Wiltshire
Worcestershire	592,057	38th	1,741	672	34th	340	880	27th