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The county of Derbyshire is situated in the East Midlands area of England and borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Cheshire and Staffordshire. Derby is the county town with a population of just over 229,000 recorded at the last Census. Chesterfield is the next biggest town in Derbyshire with a population of just over 70,000.

Derbyshire is a beautiful county which has within its borders a National Forest, the Peak District National Park and the Pennines, an imposing range of hills and mountains. The people of Derbyshire maintain that their county is the most central in England with one part of the county, the Elms, being furthest from the sea.

A high proportion of Derbyshire is agricultural or rural land. It is estimated that the entire population of Derbyshire live in just 25% of the total area of the county. Although situated in the East Midlands, large parts of Derbyshire are linked to the north of England and as such many services are governed by authorities in the north.

There is archaeological evidence to suggest that Derbyshire was inhabited as long as 200,000 years ago. Thousands of years later the Romans built a fort a Little Chester near Derby and were attracted to the area by the limestone hills, for the manufacturing of lead ore, and the warm springs of Buxton, still famous to this day for its mineral water.


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