Essex

Essex

Geography
Status	Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region	East of England
Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 11th 3,670 km² Ranked 11th 3,465 km²
Where Essex is run	The City of Chelmsford
ISO 3166-2	GB-ESS
ONS code	22
NUTS 3	UKH33
Demographics
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 6th 1,645,900 448 / km² Ranked 2nd 1,340,000
Where the people come from	96.8% White 1.2% S. Asian
Politics
Essex County Council http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/
The organisation that is in charge	Conservative
Members of Parliament	David Amess John Baron Simon Burns Douglas Carswell James Duddridge Mark Francois Alan Haselhurst Bernard Jenkin Eleanor Laing Andrew Mackinlay Stephen Metcalfe Brooks Newmark Priti Patel Eric Pickles Bill Rammell Bob Russell Bob Spink John Whittingdale
Districts
Harlow Epping Forest Brentwood Basildon Castle Point Rochford Maldon Chelmsford Uttlesford Braintree Colchester Tendring Thurrock (Unitary) Southend-on-Sea (Unitary) Witham

Essex is a county in the east of England. It has a population of around 1,750,000 people. It is part of the East of England region. The city of Essex is Chelmsford. Essex has London and Kent on its southern border and the whole of the east of the county is coast-line. The Dartford Tunnel can be used to drive under the River Thames between Essex and Kent.

Other famous towns in Essex are Colchester, the oldest town in England, and in the south-eastern corner of the county Southend, one of Britain's biggest sea-side resorts.