Back Merseyside Afrikaans Merseyside AN مرزيسايد Arabic Merseyside AST Merseyside BAN Мерсісайд Byelorussian Мэрсісайд BE-X-OLD Мърсисайд Bulgarian Merseyside Breton Merseyside Catalan
Merseyside | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | North West England |
| Origin | 1974 (Local Government Act 1972) |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Area | Error in convert: Needs the number to be converted (help) |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| Density | Error in convert: Needs the number to be converted (help) |
| Ethnicity | 97.1% White British 2.9% Black British, British Asian, British Chinese, British Mixed |
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. Taking its name from the River Mersey, the title "Merseyside" came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974.
Merseyside is divided into two parts by the Mersey estuary: the Wirral is on the west side of the estuary upon the Wirral Peninsula; the rest of the county is on the east side. The northern part of Merseyside borders onto Lancashire to the north, Greater Manchester to the east, both parts border Cheshire to the south.
The football clubs are Liverpool and Everton, which they play. Also, they played together in a derby, the Merseyside derby.