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Rutland

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Rutland
Oakham Buttercross; Rutland Water and Normanton Church; Uppingham High Street East.
Rutland within England
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Established1 April 1997
Established byLocal Government Commission for England
OriginAncient
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of ParliamentAlicia Kearns (C)
PoliceLeicestershire Police
Ceremonial county
Lord LieutenantSarah Furness
High SheriffRichard Cole[1]
Area[convert: needs a number]
  Ranked of 48
Population (2005 est.)37,300
  Ranked47th of 48
Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Ethnicity94.8% White, 1.8% Mixed, 1.5% Asian, 1.3% Black, 0.5% Other [2]
Unitary authority
CouncilRutland County Council
Executive 
Admin HQOakham
Area381.8 km2 (147.4 sq mi)
  Ranked105th of 326
Population38,600
  Ranked323rd of 326
Density101/km2 (260/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2GB-RUT
GSS codeE06000017
ITLUKF22
Websitewww.rutland.gov.uk
Districts
DistrictsN/A

Rutland is the smallest county of England. It is surrounded by the counties of Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.

The main towns of Rutland are Oakham and Uppingham.

In the mid-1970s, it was the inspiration for Eric Idle's TV show, Rutland Weekend Television.

  1. "The High Sheriff of Rutland". The High Sheriff of Rutland. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  2. "Rutland Demographics | Age, Ethnicity, Religion, Wellbeing". Varbes. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.