Warwickshire

Warwickshire
Geography
Status:	Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county
Region:	West Midlands
Area: - Total - Admin. council	Ranked 31st 1,975 km² Ranked 28th
Admin HQ:	Warwick
ISO 3166-2:	GB-WAR
ONS code:	44
NUTS 3:	UKG13
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. Council	Ranked 39th 533,900 270 / km² Ranked 23rd
Ethnicity:	95.6% White 2.8% S.Asian
Politics
Warwickshire County Council http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/
Executive:	Conservative (council NOC)
MPs:	John Maples, Mike O'Brien, Bill Olner, James Plaskitt, Jeremy Wright
Districts
Larger version North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick

Warwickshire (pronounced /ˈwɒɹɪkˌʃə/, /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃə/, or /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a county in central England. The county town is Warwick. The shape of the administrative area Warwickshire differs considerably from that of the historic county. Commonly used abbreviations for the county are Warks or Warwicks.

Warwickshire is perhaps best known for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare from Stratford-upon-Avon. The county has also produced other literary figures such as George Eliot (from near Nuneaton), Rupert Brooke (from Rugby), and Michael Drayton from Hartshill.