| East Sussex
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| Geography
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| Status: | Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County
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| Region: | South East England
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Area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area | Ranked 33rd
1,792 km²
Ranked 30th
1,709 km²
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| Admin HQ: | Lewes
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| ISO 3166-2: | GB-ESX
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| ONS code: | 21
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| NUTS 3: | UKJ22
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| Demographics
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Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop. | Ranked 28th
744,142
415 / km²
Ranked 26th
494,258
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| Ethnicity: | 96.5% White
1.0% S.Asian
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| Politics
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East Sussex County Council
http://www.eastsussexcc.gov.uk/
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| Executive: | Conservative
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| Members of Parliament
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| Norman Baker, Gregory Barker, Ivor Caplin, Michael Foster, Charles Hendry, David Lepper, Desmond Turner, Nigel Waterson
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| Districts
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- Hastings
- Rother
- Wealden
- Eastbourne
- Lewes
- Brighton & Hove (Unitary)
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East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex and, to the south, by the English Channel.
The ancient kingdom of Sussex was divided into eastern and western administrative regions, with separate county councils, in 1888: the county town became Lewes. In the new Sussex East county there were three self-administered county boroughs: Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. In 1974 the new county of East Sussex was created: at which point the three county boroughs became districts within the county. At the same time the western boundary was altered, so that the Mid Sussex region (including Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath) was transferred to the administrative county of West Sussex.
In 1997, Brighton & Hove became a self administered unitary authority and was eventually granted city status in 2000.
Towns and villages
Note that the website Villagenet contains details (including historical) of 240 villages in East Sussex, including some that are noted below. http://www.villagenet.co.uk/
Places of interest
See also
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eo:East Sussex
no:East Sussex
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