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{| class="toccolours" style="border-collapse: collapse; float: right; margin-left: 1em" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="300"
|+ <big>'''Derbyshire'''</big>
| colspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: white;"|[[Image:EnglandDerbyshire.png]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;" |Geography
|-
! width="45%" | Status
| [[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial]] & (smaller) [[Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England|Non-metropolitan]] county
|-
! Region
| [[East Midlands]]
|-
! style="font-weight: normal;" | '''[[Surface area|Area]]'''<br />- Total<br />- Admin. council<br />- Admin. area
| [[List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area|Ranked 21st]]<br />2,625 [[square kilometre|km²]]<br />[[List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area|Ranked 20th]]<br>2,547 km²
|-
! Admin HQ
| [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]]
|-
! [[ISO 3166-2:GB|ISO 3166-2]]
| GB-DBY
|-
! [[ONS coding system|ONS code]]
| 17
|-
! [[Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics|NUTS]] 3
| UKF12/13
|-
| colspan=2 style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;" |Demographics
|-
! style="font-weight: normal;" | '''[[Population]]'''<br />- Total ({{English statistics year}})<br />- [[Density]]<br />- Admin. council<br />- Admin. pop.
|[[List of ceremonial counties of England by population|Ranked {{English cerem counties|RNK=Derbyshire}}]]<br />{{English cerem counties|POP=Derbyshire}}<br />{{English cerem counties|DEN=Derbyshire}} / km²<br />[[List of non-metropolitan counties of England by population|Ranked {{English admin counties|RNK=Derbyshire}}]]<br />{{English admin counties|POP=Derbyshire}}
|-
! Ethnicity
| 96.0% White<br>2.3% S.Asian, 1.7% Black British, Mixed Race or Chinese
|-
| colspan=2 style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;" |Politics
|-
|colspan=2 align=center|[[Image:Derbyshirearms.PNG|200px|Arms of Derbyshire County Council]]<br>Derbyshire County Council<br>http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/
|-
! Executive
|{{English county control|CTY=Derbyshire}}
|-
! [[MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005|Members of Parliament]]
|
* [[Margaret Beckett]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]
* [[Liz Blackman]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]
* [[Natasha Engel]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]
* [[Paul Holmes (politician)|Paul Holmes]] [[Liberal Democrats|(LD)]]
* [[Bob Laxton]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]
* [[Tom Levitt]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]
* [[Judy Mallaber]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]
* [[Patrick McLoughlin]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|(C)]]
* [[Dennis Skinner]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]
* [[Mark Todd (politician)|Mark Todd]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]
|-
| colspan=2 style="background: #f0f0f0; font-weight: bolder;" |Districts
|-
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Image:Derbyshire Ceremonial Numbered.png|Click on image
poly 70 249 70 233 88 235 90 222 97 222 109 225 109 234 113 239 125 246 127 250 135 253 142 250 143 244 147 240 156 242 165 249 151 259 144 274 137 274 134 284 125 290 121 289 113 292 111 298 111 306 104 311 92 312 87 305 81 299 98 283 86 288 101 259 103 278 100 259 101 279 86 253 [[South Derbyshire|South Derbys]]
circle 132 234 17 [[Derby]]
poly 165 203 175 238 179 238 179 245 166 248 150 237 150 231 146 221 133 217 133 209 [[Erewash]]
poly 99 221 114 225 129 207 167 201 161 167 151 162 123 154 107 182 [[Amber Valley]]
poly 39 129 56 105 53 92 68 77 78 82 88 69 97 73 94 82 102 85 108 120 117 125 112 126 122 151 105 185 99 221 93 221 87 234 68 234 68 246 51 246 50 214 65 200 60 161 [[Derbyshire Dales]]
poly 31 128 11 108 11 47 6 42 15 26 22 14 31 12 31 3 55 13 61 28 67 44 85 58 76 79 64 79 52 90 53 105 [[High Peak]]
poly 166 79 160 96 131 96 128 116 128 120 145 122 155 114 162 120 155 135 154 143 149 163 128 156 112 128 119 128 106 111 104 86 119 86 141 78 [[North East Derbyshire|North East Derbys.]]
poly 161 96 131 99 129 118 144 121 149 111 164 112 [[Chesterfield]]
poly 160 169 149 155 156 142 152 135 162 132 163 104 167 104 163 86 185 88 194 88 194 102 186 110 189 130 180 138 166 140 [[Bolsover (district)|Bolsover]]
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poly 93 312 117 305 142 277 167 247 185 247 194 247 194 270 137 315 99 315 [[Leicestershire]]
poly 16 244 12 116 40 136 56 179 61 200 48 211 42 230 50 246 72 253 93 263 97 272 89 281 80 301 84 309 19 301 [[Staffordshire]]
poly 190 87 159 78 130 82 99 83 96 72 55 15 161 15 192 86 [[South Yorkshire|South Yorks]]
poly 7 33 20 13 29 13 29 7 3 7 5 39 [[Greater Manchester|Manchester]]
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1.[[High Peak]] 2.[[Derbyshire Dales]] 3.[[South Derbyshire]] 4.[[Erewash]] 5.[[Amber Valley]] 6.[[North East Derbyshire]] 7.[[Chesterfield]] 8.[[Bolsover (district)|Bolsover]] 9.[[Derby]] (Unitary)
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'''Derbyshire''' (pronounced "DAR-bee-shur" /ˈdɑːbɪʃə/ or "-sheer", as opposed to "dar-bee-shire" or "der-bee-shire") {{audio|En-derbyshire.ogg|listen}} is a county in the [[East Midlands]] of [[England]]. A substantial portion of the [[Peak District National Park]] lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the [[Pennines]], a famous chain of hills and [[mountain]]s. The county contains part of the [[National Forest, England|National Forest]], and borders on [[Greater Manchester]], [[West Yorkshire]], [[South Yorkshire]], [[Nottinghamshire]], [[Leicestershire]], [[Staffordshire]] and [[Cheshire]]. Derbyshire can make some claims to be at the centre of Britain: a farm near [[Coton in the Elms]] has been identified as the furthest from the sea, whilst [[Rodsley]] and [[Overseal]] were the centres of population during the twentieth century<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.applebymagna.org.uk/population_centre.htm Appleby Magna - centre of Britain |title=
Appleby Parva: Centre of the Country! |accessdate=2008-01-07 }}</ref>.
The city of [[Derby]] is now a [[unitary authority area]], but remains part of the [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of Derbyshire. The [[non-metropolitan county]] contains 13 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants. There is a large amount of sparsely populated agricultural upland: 75% of the population live in 25% of the area. Although Derbyshire is in the [[East Midlands]], some parts, such as [[High Peak]], are closer to the northern cities of [[Manchester]] and [[Sheffield]] and these parts do receive services which are more affiliated with Northern England, for example North West Ambulance Service, Granada Television, united utilities serve the High Peak and some NHS Trust within this region are governed by the Greater Manchester Health Authorities. Outside the main city of [[Derby]], the largest town in the county is [[Chesterfield]].
==History==
The area that is now Derbyshire was first visited, probably briefly, by humans 200,000 years ago during the Aveley [[interglacial]] as evidenced by a [[Middle Paleolithic]] [[Acheulian]] hand axe found near [[Hopton, Derbyshire|Hopton]].<ref>Cockerton, R. W. P. 1954 ''A Palaeolith from Hopton,'' Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 79: 153-155</ref>. Further occupation came with the [[Upper Paleolithic]] and [[Neolithic]] periods of the Stone Age when [[Mesolithic]] hunter gatherers roamed the hilly tundra.<ref> Smith, pp. 6 </ref> The evidence of these nomadic tribes is centred around [[limestone]] caves located on the Nottinghamshire border. Desposits left in the caves date the occupancy at around 12,000 to 7,000 [[BCE]].<ref name=pevsner22> Pevsner, pp. 22 </ref>
Burial mounds of Neolithic settlers are also situated throughout the county. These chambered tombs were designed for collective burial and are mostly located in the central Derbyshire region.<ref name=pevsner22/> There are tombs in Minning Low, and Five Wells, which date back to between 2000 and 2500 BCE<ref>Smith, pp. 7</ref> Three miles west of [[Youlgreave]] lies the Neolithic [[henge monument]] of [[Arbor Low]], This can be dated back to 2500 BCE.
It is not until the [[Bronze Age]] that real signs of agriculture and settlement are found in the county. In the moors of the Peak District signs of clearance, arable fields and hut circles were discovered after archeological investigation. However this area and another settlement at [[Swarkestone]] are all that have been found.<ref name=smith8>Smith, pp. 8</ref>
During the [[Roman conquest of Britain|Roman invasion]] the invaders were attracted to Derbyshire because of the [[Derbyshire lead mining history|lead ore]] in the limestone hills of the area. They settled throughout the county with forts built near Brough in the [[Hope Valley, Derbyshire|Hope Valley]] and near [[Glossop]]. Later they settled around [[Buxton]], famed for its warm springs, and set up a fort near modern day [[Derby]] in an area now known as [[Little Chester]].<ref name=smith8/>
Several kings of [[Mercia]] are buried in the [[Repton]] area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derbyshireuk.net/repton.html |title=Repton in Derbyshire |accessdate=2008-01-07 |work=Derbyshire UK}}</ref>
Following the [[Norman Conquest]], much of the county was subject to the forest laws. To the North West was the [[Forest of High Peak]] under the custodianship of [[William Peverel]] and his descendants. The rest of the county was bestowed upon [[Henry de Ferrers]], a part of it becoming [[Duffield Frith]]. In time the whole area was given to the [[Duchy of Lancaster]]. Meanwhile the [[Forest of East Derbyshire]] covered the whole county to the east of the [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|River Derwent]] from the reign of [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] to that of [[Edward I of England|Edward I]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/research/projects/eastmidsfw/pdfs/26deras.pdf |title=Derbyshire County Council, East Midlands Archaeological Research Framework: Resource Assessment of Medieval Derbyshire|accessdate=2008-01-07 |format=PDF |author=Barret, Dave}}</ref>
==Economy==
Derbyshire is a mixture of a rural economy in the west, with a former [[coal mining]] economy in the east (Bolsover district). The landscape varies from typical arable country in the flat lands to the south of Derby, to the mountain farming of the high [[gritstone]] [[moorland]]s of the southern Pennines, which effectively begin to the north of the city. This topology and geology has had a fundamental effect on Derbyshire development throughout its history. In addition it has been rich in natural resources like lead, iron, [[Pleasley Colliery|coal]], and [[Limestone]]. The [[limestone]] outcrops in the central area led to the establishment of large [[quarries]] to supply the industries of the surrounding towns with [[lime]] for [[building]] and [[steel making]], and latterly in the 20th century [[cement]] manufacture. The industrial revolution also increased demand for [[masonry|building stone]] and in the late 19th & early 20th century the railways arrival led to a large number of stone quarries to exploit the natural resources of the area. This industry has left its mark on the countryside, but is still a major industry but now a lot of the stone is supplied as [[crushed stone]] for [[road building]] and [[concrete]] manufacture and is moved by rail.
Its remoteness in the late 18th century and an abundance of fast flowing streams led to a proliferation of [[water power]] at the beginning of the [[Industrial Revolution]], following the mills pioneered by [[Richard Arkwright]]. For this reason amongst others, Derbyshire has been said to be the home of the Industrial Revolution, and part of the [[Derwent Valley Mills|Derwent Valley]] has been given [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage status]].
Nationally famous companies in Derbyshire are [[Thorntons]] just south of Alfreton and [[J. C. Bamford|JCB]] subsidiary [http://www.jcbpowersystems.com/slow.html JCB-Power Systems] have an engine factory in South Derbyshire. ''Ashbourne Water'' used to be bottled in Buxton by [[Nestlé|Nestlé Waters UK]] until 2006 and ''[http://www.buxtonwater.co.uk Buxton Water]''still is. Other major employers in the county especially around the Derby area are [[Rolls-Royce plc]], [[Egg Banking plc]] and [[Toyota]].
==Politics==
{{seealso|Derbyshire local elections}}
Derbyshire has a three-tier local government since the [[Local Government Act 1972|local government reorganisation]] in 1974. It has a [[county council]] based in [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]] and eight [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] councils and since 1998, a [[unitary authority]] of [[Derby]]. However, Derby remains part of Derbyshire for ceremonial purposes.
At the third tier are the [[parish council]]s, which do not cover all areas. The eight district councils in Derbyshire and the unitary authority of Derby are shown in the map to the right.
These district councils are responsible for [[planning permission|local planning]] and [[Building regulations in the United Kingdom|building control]], local roads, [[council housing]], [[environmental health]], [[market]]s and fairs, [[refuse collection]] and [[recycling]], [[cemeteries]] and [[crematoria]], leisure services, parks, and [[tourism]].<ref name=lc>{{cite web |url=http://tellmeabout.thelocalchannel.co.uk/home.aspx?p=0&m=86 |work=The Local Channel|title=Glossary of Local Government Terms |accessdate=2008-01-07}}</ref> [[Local Education Authority|Education]], [[social services]], [[library|libraries]], main roads, [[public transport]], [[police|policing]] and [[fire service]]s, [[Trading Standards|trading standards]], [[waste disposal]] and strategic planning are the responsibility of the County Council.<ref name=lc/>
The county is divided into ten constituencies for the election of [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. As of November 2007, the constituencies of
[[Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Amber Valley]], [[Bolsover (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolsover]], [[Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby North]], [[Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)|Derby South]], [[Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)|Erewash]], [[High Peak (UK Parliament constituency)|High Peak]], [[North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Derbyshire]] and [[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Derbyshire]] elected [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MPs, while [[Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Chesterfield]] elected a [[Liberal Democrats|Liberal Democrat]] MP and [[West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Derbyshire]] elected a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/directories/hciolists/alms.cfm |title=Alphabetical List of Members of Parliament |accessdate=2008-01-11 |format= |work=Parliament UK }}</ref> Derbyshire residents are part of the electorate for the [[East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)|East Midlands]] constituency for elections to the [[European Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.org.uk/uk_meps/emidlands.asp |title=UK MEPs for the East Midlands|accessdate=2008-01-30 |format= |work=European Parliament UK Office}}</ref>
==Education==
<small>For a list of individual schools see [[:Category:Schools in Derbyshire]]</small><br>
The Derbyshire school system is comprehensive with no selective schools. There is selection by average house price in some areas.
==Settlements==
This is a [[list of places in Derbyshire|list of the towns in Derbyshire]].
==Sport==
The county has two [[football (soccer)|football]] teams currently playing in [[the Football League]]: [[Derby County F.C.]] and [[Chesterfield F.C.]] There are also many [[List of football clubs in Derbyshire|non-league teams]] playing throughout the county, most notably [[Alfreton Town F.C.]] who play in the [[Conference North]].
The most successful team is Derby County, who were one of the founding members of the Football League and have played professionally since then. In the [[1945-46 in English football|1945-46]] season they won the [[FA Cup]] and they were champions of the [[Football League First Division]] in [[1971-72 in English football|1971-72]] and [[1974-75 in English football|1974-75]]. On the back of their championship season of 1972-73 they reached the semifinal of the [[European Cup]]. This was their highest placing in a major European tournament. More recently they have been relegated to the [[Football League Championship]] after a finishing last in the [[Premier League]] with only one win all season.
Chesterfield F.C are the fourth oldest club in the country<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chesterfield/1766877.stm
|title=Spireites takeover bid backed|accessdate=2008-01-31 |author=BBC Sport |date= 2002-01-17|format= HTML |publisher= BBC}}</ref> but have been less successful over their 141 years of existence than the larger Derby County. They are currently in [[Football League Two|league two]] after being promoted in 2001 despite being fined nine points for financial irregularities. Their highest position is fourth in the [[Football League Second Division|second division]] at the end of the [[1946-47 in English football|1946-47]] season. The team's most notable achievement of recent years occurred in 1997, when they reached the semi-final of the FA Cup, losing to [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] in a replay following a 3-3 draw at [[Old Trafford]].
As well as football, Derbyshire also has a [[cricket]] team based at the [[County Cricket Ground, Derby|County Cricket Ground]]. [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club]] currently play in Division two of the [[County Championship]]. There are also [[rugby league]] clubs based in Chesterfield, the [[Chesterfield Spires RLFC|Chesterfield Spires]], and in Derby (Derby City RLFC).
==Local Attractions==
The county of Derbyshire offers many attractions for both tourists and local people. The county offers spectacular [[Peak District]] scenery as well as more metropolitan attractions. Local attractions include [[Chatsworth House]], Crich Tramway Museum, Cascades Gardens <ref>[http://www.cascadesgardens.com Cascades Gardens], retrieved 19.03.08</ref>, [[Haddon Hall]] and the [[Heights of Abraham]]<ref>[http://www.morleyhayes.com/places-to-visit.asp Local Attractions], retrieved 19.03.08</ref>.
In the north of the county 3 large reservoirs; [[Howden Reservoir|Howden]], [[Derwent Reservoir (Derbyshire)|Derwent]] and [[Ladybower Reservoir|Ladybower]] were built during the early part of the 20th century to supply the rapidly growing populations of [[Sheffield]], [[Derby]] and [[Leicester]] with drinking water. The land a round these is now extensively used for leisure pursuits like walking and Bicycling, as the surrounding catchment area of moorland is protected from development, as part of the Peak District National Park.
==County emblems==
[[Image:Derbyshire flag.svg|thumb|right|Flag of Derbyshire]]
As part of a [[County flowers of the United Kingdom|2002 marketing campaign]], the plant conservation charity [[Plantlife]] chose the [[Polemonium caeruleum|Jacob's Ladder]] as the [[county flower]].
In 2006, an unofficial [[Flag of Derbyshire|county flag]] was introduced, largely on the initiative of [[BBC Radio Derby]] in September 2006<ref name="flag">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2006/09/21/derbyshire_flag_revealed_andy_whittaker_feature.shtml |title=Revealed - The Derbyshire Flag |accessdate=2008-01-07 |publisher=[http://www.BBC.co.uk www.BBC.co.uk]}}</ref>. The flag consists of a [[St. George]] cross encompassing a golden [[Tudor Rose]], which is a historical symbol of the county. The blue field represents the many waters of the county, its rivers and reservoirs, while the cross is green for the great areas of countryside.
==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="margin-left: 1em; width: 30em; font-size: 90%;"
!colspan="6"|'''Derbyshire Compared'''
|-align="center"
|'''UK Census 2001'''||'''Derby'''<ref name="Derby 2001">
{{cite web
|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDomainList.do?a=3&c=derby&d=13&i=1001x1002&m=0&r=1&s=1201789710765&enc=1&areaId=276826&OAAreaId=393297 |title= Area: Derby (Local Authority)
|publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
|author=United Kingdom Census 2001
|date=2001
|accessdate=2007-10-24}}
</ref>||'''Derbyshire'''<ref name="Derbyshire 2001">
{{cite web
|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&c=derby&d=13&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1201632453199&enc=1&areaSearchText=derbyshire&areaSearchType=180&extendedList=true&searchAreas= |title=Area: Derbyshire (Education Authority)
|publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
|author=United Kingdom Census 2001
|date=2001
|accessdate=2007-10-24}}
</ref>||'''East Midlands'''||'''England'''
|-align="center"
|Total population||221,708||734,585||4,172,174||49,138,831
|-align="center"
|Foreign born (outside Europe)||6.7%||1.4%||4.5%||6.9%
|-align="center"
|White||87.5%||98.5%||93.5%||91.0%
|-align="center"
|Asian||8.4%||0.5%||4.1%||4.6%
|-align="center"
|Black||1.8%||0.2%||1.0%||2.3%
|-align="center"
|[[Christian]]||67.4%||77.0%||72.0%||71.7%
|-align="center"
|[[Islam|Muslim]]||4.5%||0.2%||1.7%||3.1%
|-align="center"
|[[Hinduism|Hindu]]||0.6%||0.1%||1.6%||1.1%
|-align="center"
|No religion||15.9%||14.7%||16.0%||14.6%
|-align="center"
|Over 65||16.1%||16.7%||16.1%||16.0%
|-align="center"
|Unemployed||4.0%||3.2%||3.3%||3.3%
|-align="center"
|}
In 1801 the poulation was 147,481<ref name="population"/><ref name="derby"/> According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|UK Census 2001]] there were 956,301 people spread out over the county's 254,615 hectares.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_LAND&data_cube=N_LAND2001_TOT&u_id=10089815&c_id=10001043&add=Y |title=Derbyshire: Total area, in hectares|accessdate=2008-01-29 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project }}</ref> This was estimated to have risen to 990,400 in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9666&More=Y |title= T 09: Quinary age groups and sex for local authorities in the United Kingdom; estimated resident population Mid-2006 Population Estimates|accessdate=2007-10-20 |format= |work=[[Office for National Statistics]] }}</ref>
The county's population grew by 3.0% from 1991 to 2001 which is around 21,100 people. This figure is higher than the national average of 2.65% however it is lower than the East Midlands average of 4.0%. The county as a whole has an average population density of 2.9 people per hectare making it less densely populated than England as a whole.<ref name="Key Derbyshire Stats">
{{cite web
|url = http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/AADB099F-51B7-4A0D-A464-58A65AAAC673/0/derbyshirefacts.pdf |title=2001 Census: Key Statistics for Derbyshire |publisher=derbyshiredales.gov.uk
|author=Research and Information Team
|date=2003-03-19
|accessdate=2008-01-29}}
</ref> The density varies considerably throughout the county with the lowest being in the region of [[Derbyshire Dales]] at 0.88, and highest outside of the main cities in the region of [[Erewash]] which has 10.04 people per hectare.<ref name="Derbyshire 2001"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="clear:both;"
| colspan="14" style="text-align:center;"|'''Population since 1801'''
|-
!Year
|'''1801'''
|'''1851'''
|'''1901'''
|'''1911'''
|'''1921'''
|'''1931'''
|'''1939'''
|'''1951'''
|'''1961'''
|'''1971'''
|'''1981'''
|'''1991'''
|'''2001'''
|-
!Derbyshire</br><small>non-metropolitan county</small><ref name="population">{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10089815&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Derbyshire: Total Population |accessdate=2008-01-29 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project }}</ref>
|132,786
|223,414
|465,896
|542,697
|565,826
|590,470
|613,301
|637,645
|651,284
|666,013
|687,404
|717,935
|734,585
|-
!Derby</br><small>unitary authority</small><ref name="derby">{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10033032&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Derby UA: Total Population |accessdate=2008-01-31 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project }}</ref>
|14,695
|48,506
|118,469
|132,188
|142,824
|154,316
|167,321
|181,423
|199,578
|219,558
|214,424
|225,296
|221,716
|-
!Total</br><small>as a ceremonial county</small>
|'''147,481'''
|'''271,920'''
|'''584,365'''
|'''674,885'''
|'''708,650'''
|'''744,786'''
|'''780,622'''
|'''819,068'''
|'''850,862'''
|'''885,571'''
|'''871,828'''
|'''943,231'''
|'''956,301'''
|}
==See also==
* [[Derbyshire lead mining history]]
* [[Template:Derbyshire Places of interest|Derbyshire Places of interest]]
* [[List of football clubs in Derbyshire]]
==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}
==References==
{{commonscat}}
*{{cite book|author=Smith, Roly|date=1999|title=Towns & Villages of Britain: Derbyshire|publisher=Sigma Press|location=Cheshire|isbn=1850586225}}
*{{cite book|author=Pevsner, Nikolaus|date=1953|title=The Buildings of England: Derbyshire|publisher=Penguin Books|location=Middlesex|isbn=0140710086}}
*{{cite book|author=Pevsner & Williamson, Elizabeth|date=1978|title=The Buildings of England: Derbyshire|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=0140710086}}
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