Revision as of 12:37, 12 June 2024 edit Stortford (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 9,001 edits reword lead to clarify that article covers both the non-metropolitan and ceremonial definitions of the county Tag: Reverted ← Previous edit		Revision as of 15:38, 12 June 2024 edit undo A.D.Hope (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 6,329 edits Undid revision 1228655266 by Stortford (talk) The English counties are conventionally defined as ceremonial counties first, with other definitions lower in the lead. There are also at least three counties called Bucks – ceremonial, shrieval, and non-metro Tag: Undo Next edit →
Line 34: <!-- not buckscc.gov.uk, that is just the part covered by one of the two UAs --> \|unitary_council1=[[Buckinghamshire Council]]\|unitary_council2=[[Milton Keynes City Council]]}} '''Buckinghamshire''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|b\|ʌ\|k\|ɪ\|ŋ\|ə\|m\|ʃ\|ər\|,_\|-\|ʃ\|ɪər}},<!--has an /r/ even in non-rhotic dialects--> abbreviated ''Bucks''){{sfnp\|''EB''\|1878}} is a [[~~Counties~~Ceremonial counties of England\|ceremonial county]] in [[South East England]] and one of the [[home counties]]. There are two modern legal definitions of the county: the [[non-metropolitan county]] (being the area administered by [[Buckinghamshire Council]]) and the larger [[Ceremonial counties of England\|ceremonial county]], which additionally includes the [[City of Milton Keynes]]. The ceremonial countyIt is bordered by [[Northamptonshire]] to the north, [[Bedfordshire]] to the north-east, [[Hertfordshire]] to the east, [[Greater London]] to the south-east, [[Berkshire]] to the south, and [[Oxfordshire]] to the west. The largest settlement is the city of [[Milton Keynes]], and the county town is [[Aylesbury]]. The ~~ceremonial~~ county has an area of {{Convert\|1874\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}} and had a population of 840,138 at the 2021 census.<ref name="Nomis 2021" /> Besides Milton Keynes, which is in the north-east, the largest settlements are in the southern half of the county and include Aylesbury, [[High Wycombe]], and [[Chesham]]. For [[Local government in England\|local government]] purposes Buckinghamshire comprises two [[Unitary authorities of England\|unitary authority]] areas, [[Buckinghamshire Council\|Buckinghamshire]] and [[City of Milton Keynes\|Milton Keynes]]. The [[Historic counties of England\|historic county]] had slightly different borders, and included the towns of [[Slough]] and [[Eton, Berkshire\|Eton]]. The [[Chiltern Hills]], an [[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]], occupy the south of the county and contain its highest point, Haddington Hill ({{Convert\|267\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}}). The Chilterns are the source of the [[River Ouzel]], which flows across the lowland [[Aylesbury Vale\|Vale of Aylesbury]] in the north of the county and through Milton Keynes before meeting the [[River Great Ouse]] at [[Newport Pagnell]]. The [[River Thames\|Thames]] forms part of the county's southern boundary.

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