Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire county
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Country	United Kingdom
Part of the country	England
region	East of England
status	Ceremonial and Administrative County
First mention	866 (as Heorotfordscir )
Ceremonial county
Administrative county
Administrative authority	Hertfordshire County Council
Administrative headquarters	Hertford
ISO-3166-2	GB-HRT
surface	1,643 km²
Residents	1,184,365
was standing	June 30, 2018
ONS code	26th
GSS code	E10000015
NUTS code	UKH23
 Districts / Unitary Authorities
Three Rivers Watford Hertsmere Welwyn Hatfield Broxbourne East Hertfordshire Stevenage North Hertfordshire St Albans Dacorum

Hertfordshire [ ˈhɑːtfədʃə ] (usually abbreviated as "Herts") is a county in England , north of London . It belongs to the East of England administrative region . About 1.1 million people live in Hertfordshire.

geography

Hertfordshire borders the London boroughs of Hillingdon , Harrow , Barnet and Enfield . To the east of Hertfordshire is Essex , to the west is Buckinghamshire and to the north are Bedfordshire , Luton and Cambridgeshire . Most of the county is inhabited by commuters to London. In 1965 Hertfordshire lost the town of Barnet to Greater London and instead got Potters Bar and South Mimms from Middlesex .

Hertfordshire itself was, in earlier times, just the area surrounding Hertford Fortress . It was built in 913 under the rule of Edward the Elder . The name Hertfordshire appears for the first time in the Anglo-Saxon chronicle of 1011.

The county’s motto is Trust and Fear Not .

The New River begins in Hertfordshire , a canal that was created in 1613 to supply London with fresh drinking water.

The highest point in the county is around 270 meters above sea level near the village of Hastoe.

On December 11, 2005, after an explosion, a fire broke out in an oil store near Hemel Hempstead , which is considered to be one of the largest in Europe in peacetime.

Important cities and towns

• Abbots Langley , Albury , Aldbury , Apsley
• Baldock , Berkhamsted , Bishop's Stortford , Borehamwood , Bovingdon , Broxbourne , Bushey
• Cheshunt
• Flamstead
• Harpenden , Hatfield , Hemel Hempstead , Hertford , Hertford Heath , Hitchin , Hoddesdon , Holwell
• Kings Langley
• Langley , Letchworth Garden City , Long Marston
• Markyate , Mill End
• New Mill
• Oxhey
• Potters Bar , Preston
• Redbourn , Royston
• Stevenage , St Albans
• Tring
• Ware , Watford , Welwyn Garden City , Weston

Attractions

• The University of Hertfordshire was created out of Hatfield Polytechnic.
• The Six Hills Roman ruins in Stevenage.
• The Hatfield House , a Jacobean mansion with large parks
• The Cathedral of St Albans
• The Henry Moore Sculpture Perry Green sculpture park

Web links

Wiktionary: Hertfordshire  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Commons : Hertfordshire  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Coordinates: 51 ° 50 ′  N , 0 ° 13 ′  W