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Cambridgeshire
Geography
Status: Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County
Region: East of England
Area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area		 Ranked 15th
3,389 km²
Ranked 15th
3,046 km²
Admin HQ: Cambridge
ISO 3166-2: GB-CAM
ONS code: 12
NUTS 3: UKH12
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.		 Ranked 29th
716,285
211 / km²
Ranked 21st
558,323
Ethnicity: 94.6% White
2.6% S.Asian
Politics
Arms of Cambridgeshire County Council
Cambridgeshire County Council
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
Executive: Conservative
Members of Parliament
Anne Campbell, Helen Clark, Jonathan Djanogly, Andrew Lansley, Brian Mawhinney, Malcolm Moss, James Paice
Districts
  1. Cambridge
  2. South Cambridgeshire
  3. Huntingdonshire
  4. Fenland
  5. East Cambridgeshire
  6. Peterborough (Unitary)

Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire and Norfolk to the north, Suffolk to the east, Essex to the southeast, Hertfordshire to the southwest, andBedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The county town is Cambridge.

Famous people from the Cambridgeshire area include: Oliver Cromwell (Huntingdonshire), John Major, Samuel Pepys, William Cowper, Dorothy L. Sayers, Lancelot "Capability" Brown, Henry Royce.

Cambridgeshire today is the product of several local government unifications. In 1965 the county of Cambridgeshire (much smaller that the present county, and centred on the city of Cambridge) was united with the Isle of Ely (located in the north-east of the present county to create the 'County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely'. In 1974 this entity was combined with neighbouring Huntingdon and Peterborough to form Cambridgeshire as we know it. Today Cambridgeshire is divided into five districts - Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire and South Cambridgeshire. Until 1998, Peterborough was a district, but now is a unitary authority.

Cambridgeshire police and fire services still cover Peterborough, and it is included with Cambridgeshire for ceremonial purposes.

Cambridgeshire is twinned with Kreis Viersen in Germany.

Cities in the Cambridgeshire area

Parishes and Towns in East Cambridgeshire District

Parishes and Towns in Fenland District

  • Benwick
  • Chatteris, Christchurch, Coates, Coldham, Collett's Bridge
  • Doddington
  • Eastrea, Elm, Euximoor
  • Fitton End, Foul Anchor, Four Gotes, Friday Bridge
  • Gorefield, Guyhirn
  • Leverington
  • Manea, March, Murrow
  • Newton
  • Parson Drove, Pondersbridge
  • Ramsey Mereside, Ring's End
  • Stonea
  • Tholomas Drove, Thorney, Thorney Toll, Tips End, Turves, Tydd Gote, Tydd St Giles
  • Welches Dam, Welney, Westry, Whittlesey, Wimblington, Wisbech, Wisbech St Mary

Parishes and Towns in Huntingdonshire District

  • Abbots Ripton, Abbotsley, Alconbury, Alconbury Weston, Alwalton
  • Barham, Bluntisham, Brampton, Brington, Broughton, Buckden, Buckworth, Bury, Bythorn
  • Caldecote, Catworth, Chesterton, Colne, Conington, Coppingford, Covington
  • Denton, Diddington
  • Earith, Easton, Ellington, Elton, Eynesbury Hardwicke
  • Farcet, Fenstanton, Fenton, Folksworth
  • Glatton, Godmanchester, Grafham, Great Gidding, Great Gransden, Great Paxton, Great Staughton
  • Haddon, Hail Weston, Hamerton, Hemingford Abbots, Hemingford Grey, Hilton, Holme, Holywell, Houghton, Huntingdon
  • Keyston, Kimbolton, Kings Ripton
  • Leighton Bromswold, Little Gidding, Little Paxton
  • Midloe, Molesworth, Morborne
  • Needingworth
  • Offord Cluny, Offord D'Arcy, Oldhurst, Old Weston
  • Perry, Pidley
  • Ramsey, Ramsey Forty Foot, Ramsey Heights, Ramsey St Mary's, The Raveleys
  • St Ives, St Neots, Sawtry, Sibson, Somersham, Southoe, Spaldwick, Steeple Gidding, Stibbington, Stilton, Stonely, Stow Longa, The Stukeleys
  • Tetworth, Tilbrook, Toseland
  • Upton, Upwood
  • Warboys, Waresley, Washingley, Water Newton, Winwick, Wistow, Woodwalton, Woolley, Woodhurst, Wyton
  • Yaxley, Yelling

Parishes and Towns in South Cambridgeshire District

  • Abington Pigotts, Arrington
  • Babraham, Balsham, Barrington, Bartlow, Barton, Bar Hill, Bassingbourn, Bourn, Boxworth
  • Caldecote, Cambourne, Camps End, Cardinals Green, Carlton, Castle Camps, Caxton, Childerley, Chittering, Comberton, Conington, Coton, Cottenham, Croxton, Croydon
  • Dry Drayton, Duxford
  • East Hatley, Elsworth, Eltisley
  • Fen Ditton, Fen Drayton, Fowlmere, Foxton, Fulbourn
  • Gamlingay, Girton, Grantchester, Graveley, Great Chishill, Great Abington, Great Eversden, Great Shelford, Great Wilbraham, Guilden Morden
  • Hardwick, Harlton, Harston, Haslingfield, Hatley, Hatley St George, Hauxton, Heydon, Highfields, Hildersham, Hinxton, Histon, Horningsea, Horseheath
  • Ickleton, Impington
  • Kingston, Knapwell, Kneesworth
  • Landbeach, Linton, Litlington, Little Abington, Little Chishill, Little Eversden, Little Gransden, Little Shelford, Little Wilbraham, Lolworth, Longstanton, Longstowe
  • Madingley, Melbourn, Meldreth, Milton
  • Newton
  • Oakington, Orwell, Over
  • Pampisford, Papworth St Agnes, Papworth Everard
  • Quy
  • Rampton
  • Sawston, Shepreth, Shingay, Shudy Camps, Stapleford, Steeple Morden, Stow, Streetley End, Swavesey
  • Tadlow, Teversham, Thriplow, Toft
  • Waterbeach, Wendy, Weston Colville, Weston Green, Westwick, West Wickham, West Wratting, Whaddon, Whittlesford, Whittlesford Bridge, Willingham, Wimpole

Places of interest

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