Bedfordshire
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| Bedfordshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status | Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county |
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| Region | East of England |
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Ranked 41st 1,235 km² Ranked 34th 1,192 km ² |
| Admin HQ | Bedford |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-BDF |
| ONS code | 09 |
| NUTS 3 | UKH22 |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. |
Ranked 36th 582,600 472 / km² Ranked 32nd 397,700 |
| Ethnicity | 86.3% White 8.3% S.Asian 2.9% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Bedfordshire County Council http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ |
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| Executive | Conservative |
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Bedfordshire is a county of England. Its county town is Bedford. It borders Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire (with the Borough of Milton Keynes) and Hertfordshire. The highest elevation point is 243 m (797 ft)[1] on Dunstable Downs in the Chilterns. The county motto is "Constant Be", which is taken from the hymn To Be A Pilgrim by John Bunyan.
