West Midlands region
| West Midlands Region | |
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| Admin HQ | Birmingham |
| Area - Total | 7th in England 13,004 km² |
| Population - Total (2001) - Density | 5th in England 5,267,337 405/km² |
| NUTS 1: | UKG |
The West Midlands is a geographical term describing the western half of central England, known as the Midlands.
There is some confusion in the use of the term "West Midlands", as the name is also used for the much smaller West Midlands county, and is still used by various organisations within that area such as West Midlands Police and West Midlands Fire Service.
The West Midlands Region is sometimes considered to spread as far as Cheshire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, but the core area consists of the traditional counties of:
This same core area is now the official governmental West Midlands Region. It is divided into the following administrative counties:
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Telford and Wrekin
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands (metropolitan county)
- Worcestershire.
External links
- Advantage West Midlands - Regional Development Agency (http://www.advantagewm.co.uk/home-page.html)
- Government Office for the West Midlands (http://www.go-wm.gov.uk)
- West Midlands Regional Assembly (http://www.wmra.gov.uk)
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| England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland | |
| Regions of England | |
| East of England | East Midlands | Greater London | North East | North West | South East | South West | West Midlands | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Districts of England - West Midlands | 
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Birmingham | Bridgnorth | Bromsgrove | Cannock Chase | Coventry | Dudley | East Staffordshire | Herefordshire | Lichfield | Malvern Hills | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Shropshire | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Oswestry | Redditch | Rugby | Sandwell | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Solihull | South Shropshire | South Staffordshire | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent | Stratford-on-Avon | Tamworth | Telford and Wrekin | Warwick | Walsall | Wolverhampton | Worcester | Wychavon | Wyre Forest | |
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Administrative Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire |
de:West Midlands (Region) fr:Région anglaise des Midlands de l'Ouest
Categories: Regions of England