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Warwickshire
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Warwickshire (ˈwɒrɪkʃər,_-ʃɪər; abbreviated Warks) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire to the south, and Worcestershire and the West Midlands county to the west. The largest settlement is Nuneaton.
The county is largely rural, and has an area of and population of 571,010. After Nuneaton (94,364) the largest settlements are Rugby (78,125), Royal Leamington Spa (57,512) and Warwick (37,267). For administrative purposes Warwickshire is a non-metropolitan county governed by Warwickshire County Council and five district councils. The historic county included the city of Coventry and the area to its west, including Sutton Coldfield, Solihull, and much of Birmingham.
Warwickshire is a flat, lowland, county, but its far south contains part of the Cotswolds AONB. The River Avon, a major tributary of the Severn, flows through the south of the county. The region was part of Roman Britain, and later the Roman road called Watling Street became the boundary between the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and the Danelaw. The county was relatively settled during the rest of the Middle Ages and Early Modern period, and Coventry developed as a major centre of the textiles trade. The playwright William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, living much of his life there, and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was planned near Snitterfield. During the Industrial Revolution the Warwickshire coalfield was exploited, and Coventry and the west of the county became manufacturing centres. Leamington Spa developed as a tourist resort at the same time.
Warwickshire is bordered by Leicestershire to the northeast, Staffordshire to the northwest, Worcestershire and the West Midlands to the west, Northamptonshire to the east and southeast, Gloucestershire to the southwest and Oxfordshire to the south. The northern tip of the county is only from the Derbyshire border.
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