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== Usage ==
This template works for the following types of English counties:
*The following counties for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1972:
**Non-metropolitan counties with a county council and no unitary authorities, such as [[Surrey]] (two-tier counties).
**Non-metropolitan counties with a coterminous district, with a county council but no district council, such as [[Northumberland]] (unitary counties). 
**Metropolitan counties, such as the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] and [[Greater Manchester]]
*The following counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Act 1997:
**Counties comprising a county council area and also unitary authority areas, such as [[Buckinghamshire]] (hybrid counties)
**Counties comprising multiple unitary authority areas (one sharing the county name), such as [[Wiltshire]]
**Counties comprising multiple unitary authority areas (none sharing the county name), such as [[Cheshire]]
**[[Greater London]]

Use {{tl|Infobox settlement}} for counties that are also cities, such as [[Bristol]] and [[City of London]] as well as counties for the purposes of the Local Government Act 1972 where there is a coterminous district with a district council, but no county council, such as [[Borough of Milton Keynes|Milton Keynes]].

===Templates used===
Population data is pulled automatically from the following templates:

====For ceremonial counties====
(using the 'Official name' field as the input)
*[[Template:English cerem counties]]

====For both non-metropolitan and unitary counties====
(using the 'GSS code' field as the input)
*[[Template:UK council control]]
*[[Template:UK subdivision population]]
*[[Template:UK subdivision area]]
*[[Template:UK subdivision density]]
*[[Template:UK subdivision statistics year]]
*[[Template:UK subdivision statistics citation]]

====For non-metropolitan counties only====
(using the 'GSS code' field as the input)
*[[Template:English admin county population rank]]
*[[Template:English admin county area rank]]

====For single unitary authority counties only====
(using the 'GSS code' field as the input)
*[[Template:English district population rank]]
*[[Template:English district area rank]]
*[[Template:English district total]]

The metropolitan counties and the London Region have multiple GSS codes (e.g. [[Greater Manchester]] has E11000001 for the met. county and E47000001 for the city region) and therefore do not pull down data automatically as the GSS code field could be easily broken by well-meaning editors. Instead, for these areas, the [[Template:UK subdivision population]], [[Template:UK subdivision area]] and [[Template:UK subdivision density]] templates should be inputted into the population_council, area_council_km2 and density_council fields respectively using their met. county code or region code in the case of Greater London. If these fields are used for other types of county, they will not display nor override the automatic data.

== Blank syntax ==
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| other_name              = {{{other_name}}}
| image_main              = {{{image_main}}}
| image_caption           = {{{image_caption}}}
| motto                   = {{{motto}}}
| locator_map             = {{{locator_map}}}
| map_caption             = {{{map_caption}}}
| coordinates             = {{{coordinates}}}
| region                  = {{{region}}}
| established_date        = {{{established_date}}}
| established_by          = {{{established_by}}}
| preceded_by             = {{{preceded_by}}}
| origin                  = {{{origin}}}
| MPs                     = {{{MPs}}}
| police                  = {{{police}}}
| fire                    = {{{fire}}}
| largest_city            = {{{largest_city}}}
| largest_town            = {{{largest_town}}}
| lord_lieutenant_office  = {{{lord_lieutenant_office}}}
| lord_lieutenant_name    = {{{lord_lieutenant_name}}}
| high_sheriff_office     = {{{high_sheriff_office}}}
| high_sheriff_name       = {{{high_sheriff_name}}}
| ethnicity               = {{{ethnicity}}}
| ethnicity_year          = {{{ethnicity_year}}}
| ethnicity_footnotes     = {{{ethnicity_footnotes}}}
| county_council          = {{{county_council}}}
| unitary_council         = {{{unitary_council}}}
| unitary_council1        = {{{unitary_council1}}}
| unitary_council2        = {{{unitary_council2}}}
| unitary_council3        = {{{unitary_council3}}}
| government              = {{{government}}}
| mayor_office            = {{{mayor_office}}}
| mayor_name              = {{{mayor_name}}}
| joint_committees        = {{{joint_committees}}}
| admin_hq                = {{{admin_hq}}}
| area_council_km2        = {{{area_council_km2}}}
| population_council      = {{{population_council}}}
| population_council_year = {{{population_council_year}}}
| population_council_footnotes = {{{population_council_footnotes}}}
| population_density      = {{{population_density}}}
| iso_code                = {{{iso_code}}}
| gss_code                = {{{gss_code}}}
| nuts_code               = {{{nuts_code}}}
| website                 = {{{website}}}
| districts_map           = {{{districts_map}}}
| districts_key           = {{{districts_key}}}
| districts_list          = {{{districts_list}}}
}}
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{{infobox English county
| official_name           = <!-- Automatic population data pulled down using this field. Must be exact. -->
| other_name              = 
| image_main              = 
| image_caption           = 
| motto                   = <!--for non-English motto, use: ''Motto in italics''<br />("English translation")-->
| locator_map             = 
| map_caption             = 
| coordinates             = 
| region                  = 
| established_date        = 
| established_by          = 
| preceded_by             = 
| origin                  = 
| MPs                     = 
| police                  = 
| fire                    = 
| largest_city            = 
| largest_town            = <!-- only shown if largest_city is not set -->
<!-- Ceremonial county fields -->
| lord_lieutenant_office  = 
| lord_lieutenant_name    = 
| high_sheriff_office     = 
| high_sheriff_name       = 
| ethnicity               = 
| ethnicity_year          = 
| ethnicity_footnotes     = 
<!-- Local government fields -->
| county_council          = <!-- only for counties with county councils -->
| unitary_council         = <!-- only for unitary counties like Northumberland -->
| unitary_council1        = <!-- and unitary_council2 etc. only for hybrid counties *-->
| government              = <!-- only for other government such as Greater Manchester Combined Authority -->
| mayor_office            = <!-- only for other government such as Greater Manchester Combined Authority -->
| mayor_name              = <!-- only for other government such as Greater Manchester Combined Authority -->
| joint_committees        = 
| admin_hq                = 
| area_council_km2        = <!-- only for London Region and metropolitan counties. Automatic field for other areas. -->
| population_council      = <!-- only for London Region and metropolitan counties. Automatic field for other areas. -->
| population_council_year = <!-- only for London Region and metropolitan counties. Automatic field for other areas. -->
| population_council_footnotes = <!-- only for London Region and metropolitan counties. Automatic field for other areas. -->
| density_council         = <!-- only for London Region and metropolitan counties. Automatic field for other areas. -->
| iso_code                = 
| gss_code                = <!-- Single unitary authority counties (e.g. Herefordshire) pull their population data down using this field. This field also pulls down [[Template:UK council control]] for both single unitary authority councils and two-tier county councils -->
| nuts_code               = 
| website                 = 
<!-- Districts map -->
| districts_map           = 
| districts_key           = 
| districts_list          = 
}}
</syntaxhighlight>

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