Ceremonial county

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English ceremonial counties post-1988. Click on any blue name for the article about the county. The City of London is a ceremonial county, but too small to be shown on the map.
A ceremonial county is a term used to refer to an English county area that has its own Lord Lieutenant. Ceremonial counties are no longer important for local government purposes, but are a very convenient way of dividing up the map of England.

List of ceremonial counties

London

Metropolitan counties

Unitary counties

These are ceremonial counties containing a single unitary authority:

Counties with a unitary council of the same name covering only part of the ceremonial county

Counties with a county council and one or more districts

Some of these also have one or more unitary authorities within the ceremonial county.

Counties with no county council, containing two or more unitary authorities

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