Dorset – UKK22

EU regions: United Kingdom > South West England > Dorset and Somerset > Dorset

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More on wikipedia wikidata Q23159 on OpenStreetMap Dorset slovensky: UKK22

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2019	427 063
population density	2018	167.7
old-age dependency ratio	2019	52

From Wikipedia:

Dorset (; archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi), Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester which is in the south. After the reorganisation of local government in 1974 the county's border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density.

The county has a long history of human settlement stretching back to the Neolithic era. The Romans conquered Dorset's indigenous Celtic tribe, and during the early Middle Ages, the Saxons settled the area and made Dorset a shire in the 7^th century. The first recorded Viking raid on the British Isles occurred in Dorset during the eighth century, and the Black Death entered England at Melcombe Regis in 1348. Dorset has seen much civil unrest: in the English Civil War, an uprising of vigilantes was crushed by Oliver Cromwell's forces in a pitched battle near Shaftesbury; the doomed Monmouth Rebellion began at Lyme Regis; and a group of farm labourers from Tolpuddle were instrumental in the formation of the trade union movement.

Other: Dorset and Somerset, Somerset, Bournemouth and Poole, Dorset

Neighbours: Devon, Central Hampshire, Somerset, Bournemouth and Poole, Wiltshire

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Dorset – UKK22, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PUKK22, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

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