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Wiltshire (/ ˈ w ɪ l t. ʃ ər,-ʃ ɪər /; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to the west.
- 3,485 km² (1,346 sq mi)
- Ancient
- 510,333
- South West
Wiltshire är ett grevskap i sydvästra England (öster om Bristol ), med en yta av 3 485 km 2 och en befolkning som uppgår till cirka 642 000 invånare ( 2007 ). Grevskapet är till ungefär en fjärdedel beläget på Salisbury Plain, en kalkplatå som har en relativt låg befolkningstäthet och som i stor utsträckning är gräsbevuxen.
- England
- Sydvästra England
för 3 dagar sedan · Wiltshire, geographic and historic county and unitary authority of southern England. Wiltshire is situated on a low plateau draining into the basins of the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the eastward-flowing River Thames. Trowbridge, in western Wiltshire, is the administrative center.
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The counties of England are divisions of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are two main legal definitions of the counties in modern usage: the 84 counties for the purposes of local government, and the 48 counties for the purposes of lieutenancy, also termed the ceremonial counties ...
Wiltshire is a large, mostly rural county in the eastern part of the West Country of southern England. Mapcarta, the open map.
History of Wiltshire. Ancient extent of Wiltshire. Wiltshire by John Speed, 1611. Neolithic Stonehenge. Wiltshire is a historic county located in the South West England region. Wiltshire is landlocked and is in the east of the region.
Wiltshire (short: Wilts) is an English county. It borders the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon. The county town is Trowbridge, in the west of the county at 51°19′11″N 2°12′32″W. The county covers 858,931 acres (3476 km²)
