Hampshire County Council
http://www.hants.gov.uk/hcc/

• James Arbuthnot
• John Denham
• Sandra Gidley
• Mike Hancock
• Mark Hoban
• Gerald Howarth
• Chris Huhne
• Julian Lewis
• Michael Mates
• Sarah McCarthy-Fry
• Maria Miller
• Mark Oaten
• Desmond Swayne
• Peter Viggers
• Alan Whitehead
• David Willetts
• George Young

1. Gosport
2. Fareham
3. Winchester
4. Havant
5. East Hampshire
6. Hart
7. Rushmoor
8. Basingstoke and Deane
9. Test Valley
10. Eastleigh
11. New Forest
12. Southampton (Unitary)
13. Portsmouth (Unitary)

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
GB:	GB-HAM
ONS code:	24
NUTS 3:	UKJ33
Demographics
Population - Total () - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked / km² Ranked
Ethnicity:	96.7% White 1.3% S. Asian
Politics
Executive
Members of Parliament
Districts

Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire, (abbr. Hants) is a county on the south coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county borders (clockwise from West), Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey and West Sussex. The county has an area of 1,455 square miles (3,769 km²) and at its widest points is approximately 55 miles (90 km) east-west and 40 miles (65 km) north-south. The county town is Winchester situated at . The 2001 census gave the population of the administrative county as 1.24 million; the ceremonial county also includes the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton, which are administratively independent, and has a total population of 1.6 million.

Hampshire is a popular holiday area, with tourist attractions including its many seaside resorts, the maritime area in Portsmouth, and the motor museum at Beaulieu. The New Forest National Park lies within the borders, as does a large area of the South Downs, which is also scheduled to become a National Park. Hampshire has a long maritime history and two of England's largest ports lie on its coast. The county is famed as home of the writers Jane Austen and Charles Dickens.

Physical geography

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After listening to the news from Hampshire and feeling left out it's finally arrived ... #uksnow SW17 1/10
gdb_ (Graham Bleach) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:33:38 -0000
After listening to the news from Hampshire and feeling left out it's finally arrived ... #uksnow SW17 1/10
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My brother had a 4 1/2 hour journey home - 20 mile trip in Hampshire #uksnow.
iamadonut (Peter McClymont) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:33:18 -0000
My brother had a 4 1/2 hour journey home - 20 mile trip in Hampshire #uksnow.
@EditorJules we have a vague covering, considering they issued a severe weather warning for Hampshire... I WANT MORE!
kirsteena (Vivien Little) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:33:07 -0000
@EditorJules we have a vague covering, considering they issued a severe weather warning for Hampshire... I WANT MORE!
For anyone that needs to travel in the North Hampshire / Berkshire area..I would recommend listening to BBC Radio Berkshire first :)
voyagerd79 (Daniel Peal) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:31:48 -0000
For anyone that needs to travel in the North Hampshire / Berkshire area..I would recommend listening to BBC Radio Berkshire first :)

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