Rutland
Appearance
Rutland | |
|---|---|
Rutland within England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Established | 1 April 1997 |
| Established by | Local Government Commission for England |
| Origin | Ancient |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Members of Parliament | Alicia Kearns (C) |
| Police | Leicestershire Police |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Lord Lieutenant | Sarah Furness |
| High Sheriff | Richard Cole[1] |
| Area | [convert: needs a number] |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| Population (2005 est.) | 37,300 |
| • Ranked | 47th of 48 |
| Density | 95/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | 94.8% White, 1.8% Mixed, 1.5% Asian, 1.3% Black, 0.5% Other [2] |
| Unitary authority | |
| Council | Rutland County Council |
| Executive | |
| Admin HQ | Oakham |
| Area | 381.8 km2 (147.4 sq mi) |
| • Ranked | 105th of 326 |
| Population | 38,600 |
| • Ranked | 323rd of 326 |
| Density | 101/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-RUT |
| GSS code | E06000017 |
| ITL | UKF22 |
| Website | www |
| Districts | |
| Districts | N/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.
- ↑ "The High Sheriff of Rutland". The High Sheriff of Rutland. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
- ↑ "Rutland Demographics | Age, Ethnicity, Religion, Wellbeing". Varbes. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.