Hampshire

Hampshire is a county in the south of the UK. The county has an area of 1,455 square miles (3,769 km²). At its widest points, the county is about 55 miles (90 km) east-west and 40 miles (65 km) north-south. The county town is Winchester. About 1.6 million people live in Hampshire.

Hampshire

Geography
Status	Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Region:	South East England
Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 9th 3,769 km² Ranked 8th 3,679 km²
Admin HQ:	Winchester
ISO 3166-2:	GB-HAM
ONS code:	24
NUTS 3:	UKJ33
Demographics
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 5th 1,671,000 443 / km² Ranked 3rd 1,259,400
Ethnicity:	96.7% White 1.3% S. Asian 0.8% Mixed 1.2% Other
Politics
Hampshire County Council http://www.hants.gov.uk/hcc/ Archived 2017-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
Executive	Conservative
Members of Parliament	James Arbuthnot (C) John Denham (L) Sandra Gidley (LD) Mike Hancock (LD) Mark Hoban (C) Gerald Howarth (C) Chris Huhne (LD) Julian Lewis (C) Michael Mates (C) Sarah McCarthy-Fry (L)/(Co-op) Maria Miller (C) Mark Oaten (LD) Desmond Swayne (C) Peter Viggers (C) Alan Whitehead (L) David Willetts (C) Kevin Remmele (C)
Districts
Gosport Fareham Winchester Havant East Hampshire Hart Rushmoor Basingstoke and Deane Test Valley Eastleigh New Forest Southampton (Unitary) Portsmouth (Unitary)

Winchester Cathedral