Rutland

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Rutland is a small historic county in the East Midlands of England, known for its rural character and Rutland Water reservoir.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
County of Rutland 1
Rutland and Melton 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial county of England
historic county of England
unitary authority area
administrativeHeadquarters Oakham
areaRankInEngland smallest ceremonial county by area
borderedBy Leicestershire NERFINISHED
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire NERFINISHED
ceremonialCounty Rutland self-link
ceremonialCountyCreated 1997
ceremonialLordLieutenant Lord Lieutenant of Rutland
surface form: Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland
containsSettlement Cottesmore
Empingham
Exton
Ketton
Oakham
Ryhall
Uppingham
country England
economy agriculture
tourism
geographicalFeature River Chater NERFINISHED
River Welland
Rutland Water
governingBody Rutland County Council
governmentType unitary authority
hasCountryPark Rutland Water
surface form: Rutland Water Nature Reserve
highSheriff High Sheriff of Rutland
historicCountyFirstRecorded 12th century
historicCountyStatus restored in 1997 as a unitary authority
historicRegion East Midlands
historicRegistrationCounty Rutland self-link
ISO3166-2Code GB-RUT
knownFor Rutland Water
surface form: Rutland Water reservoir

rural character
largestTown Oakham
lieutenancyArea Rutland self-link
motto Multum in Parvo
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation Much in Little
NUTSCode UKF22
parliamentaryConstituency Rutland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rutland and Melton
previousAdministrativeStatus part of Leicestershire from 1974 to 1997
region East Midlands
sovereignState United Kingdom
timeZone Greenwich Mean Time
timeZoneDST British Summer Time
town Uppingham
unitaryAuthority Rutland self-link
vehicleRegistrationCodeHistoric RU

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lincolnshire borders Rutland
Northamptonshire borders Rutland
Rutland ceremonialCounty Rutland self-link
Frederick Rutland familyName Rutland
East Midlands hasCounty Rutland
Rutland historicRegistrationCounty Rutland self-link
central England includes Rutland
subject surface form: Central England
Rutland lieutenancyArea Rutland self-link
Rutland parliamentaryConstituency Rutland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rutland and Melton
this entity surface form: County of Rutland
Rutland unitaryAuthority Rutland self-link