Template:Infobox English county

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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 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 {{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 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

{{{official_name}}} {{{other_name}}}
Ceremonial county
[[File:{{{image_main}}}|250px|{{{image_caption}}}]] {{{image_caption}}}
Motto:  {{{motto}}}
[[File:{{{locator_map}}}|250px|{{{map_caption}}}]] {{{map_caption}}}
Coordinates: {{{coordinates}}}
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	{{{region}}}
Established	{{{established_date}}}
Established by	{{{established_by}}}
Preceded by	{{{preceded_by}}}
Origin	{{{origin}}}
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
UK Parliament	{{{MPs}}}
Police	{{{police}}}
Fire	{{{fire}}}
Largest city	{{{largest_city}}}
Ceremonial county
[[{{{lord_lieutenant_office}}}|Lord Lieutenant]]	{{{lord_lieutenant_name}}}
[[{{{high_sheriff_office}}}|High Sheriff]]	{{{high_sheriff_name}}}
Area
• Rank	of 48
• Rank	of 48
Density
Ethnicity  ({{{ethnicity_year}}}){{{ethnicity_footnotes}}}	{{{ethnicity}}}
Non-metropolitan county
County council	{{{county_council}}}
Control
Admin HQ	{{{admin_hq}}}
Area
• Rank	of 21
• Rank	of 21
Density
ISO 3166-2	{{{iso_code}}}
GSS code	{{{gss_code}}}
ITL	{{{nuts_code}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Unitary authorities
Councils	{{{unitary_council1}}} {{{unitary_council2}}} {{{unitary_council3}}}
Unitary authority
Council	{{{unitary_council}}}
Control
Admin HQ	{{{admin_hq}}}
Area
• Rank	of 296
• Rank	of 296
Density
ISO 3166-2	{{{iso_code}}}
GSS code	{{{gss_code}}}
ITL	{{{nuts_code}}}
Website	{{{website}}}
Districts
{{{districts_map}}} Districts of {{{official_name}}} {{{districts_key}}}
Districts	{{{districts_list}}}

{{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          = 
}}

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
official_name	official_name	no description	Content	optional
other_name	other_name	no description	Content	optional
image_main	image_main	no description	File	optional
imagesize	imagesize	no description	Unknown	optional
alt	alt	no description	Unknown	optional
image_caption	image_caption	no description	Content	optional
flag_image	flag_image	Disabled - see discussion on template talk	File	deprecated
arms_image	arms_image	Disabled - see discussion on template talk	File	deprecated
motto	motto	no description	Content	optional
nickname	nickname	no description	Content	optional
locator_map	locator_map	no description	Unknown	optional
map_caption	map_caption	no description	Content	optional
coordinates	coordinates	no description	Unknown	optional
region	region	no description	Content	optional
established_date	established_date	no description	Content	optional
established_by	established_by	no description	Content	optional
preceded_by	preceded_by	no description	Content	optional
origin	origin	no description	Content	optional
MPs	MPs	no description	Content	optional
MP	MP	no description	Content	optional
police	police	no description	Content	optional
fire	fire	no description	Content	optional
largest_city	largest_city	no description	Content	optional
largest_town	largest_town	no description	Content	optional
lord_lieutenant_office	lord_lieutenant_office	no description	Content	optional
lord_lieutenant_name	lord_lieutenant_name	no description	Content	optional
high_sheriff_office	high_sheriff_office	no description	Content	optional
high_sheriff_name	high_sheriff_name	no description	Content	optional
ethnicity_year	ethnicity_year	no description	Content	optional
ethnicity_footnotes	ethnicity_footnotes	no description	Content	optional
ethnicity	ethnicity	no description	Unknown	optional
county_council	county_council	no description	Content	optional
gss_code	gss_code	no description	Content	optional
admin_hq	admin_hq	no description	Content	optional
iso_code	iso_code	no description	Content	optional
nuts_code	nuts_code	no description	Content	optional
website	website	no description	URL	optional
unitary_council1	unitary_council1	no description	Content	optional
unitary_council2	unitary_council2	no description	Content	optional
unitary_council3	unitary_council3	no description	Content	optional
unitary_council4	unitary_council4	no description	Content	optional
unitary_council5	unitary_council5	no description	Content	optional
nuts_code1	nuts_code1	no description	Content	optional
unitary_council	unitary_council	no description	Content	optional
government	government	no description	Content	optional
mayor_office	mayor_office	no description	Content	optional
mayor_name	mayor_name	no description	Content	optional
joint_committees	joint_committees	no description	Content	optional
area_council_km2	area_council_km2	no description	Content	optional
population_council_year	population_council_year	no description	Content	optional
population_council_footnotes	population_council_footnotes	no description	Content	optional
population_council	population_council	no description	Content	optional
density_council	density_council	no description	Content	optional
districts_map	districts_map	no description	File	optional
districts_list	districts_list	no description	Content	optional
districts_key	districts_key	no description	Content	optional

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