thumb|Northamptonshires placering i England thumb| Northamptonshire med de to unitary authorities 1. West Northamptonshire. 2. North Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire (forkortes Northants.) er et ceremonielt grevskab med to unitary authorities, North Northamptonshire og West Northamptonshire, og indtil 1. april 2021 et administrativt grevskab i East Midlands, der blev administreret af Northamptonshire County Council, som blev nedlagt, da de to købstadskommuner blev oprettet.
Administrativ opdeling Grevskabet var delt i syv kommuner (districts), som hørte under grevskabsrådet (Northamptonshire County Council). Fra 1. april 2021 blev kommunerne slået sammen til to unitary authorities (købstadskommuner), North Northamptonshire (over 359.500 indbyggere (folketælling 2021)), bestående af de fire tidligere kommuner Corby, Kettering, East Northamptonshire og Wellingborough, og West Northamptonshire (over 425.700 indbyggere (2021)), bestående af de tre tidligere kommuner Daventry, Northampton og South Northamptonshire sidstnævnte med byerne Brackley og Towcester, og Northamptonshire County Council blev nedlagt
Geografi Grevskabet grænser op til otte andre grevskaber: Warwickshire mod vest, Leicestershire og Rutland mod nord, Cambridgeshire mod øst, Bedfordshire mod sydøst, Buckinghamshire mod syd, Oxfordshire mod sydvest og Lincolnshire, som der er en blot 19 meter lang grænse til mod nordøst.
Byer Rang Navn Indbyggertal Tidligere Borough/District council 1 Northampton 249,093 (2021) Northampton Borough Council 2 Corby 75,571 (2021) Corby Borough Council 3 Kettering 63,150 (2021) Kettering Borough Council 4 Wellingborough 56,564 (2021) Borough Council of Wellingborough 5 Rushden 31,690 (2021) East Northamptonshire District Council 6 Daventry 28,123 (2021) Daventry District Council 7 Brackley 16,159 (2021) South Northamptonshire District Council 8 Towcester 11,524 (2021) South Northamptonshire District Council
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78 Derngate (Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed house in Northampton) All Saints, Northampton Althorp Apethorpe Palace Bannaventa Barnwell Castle Barnwell Country Park Barnwell Manor (former home of the Dukes of Gloucester) Billing Aquadrome Borough Hill Daventry (Iron Age hill fort) Borough Hill Roman villa Boughton House (home of the Dukes of Buccleuch) Blisworth tunnel Brackley (historic market town) Brampton Valley Way (linear park on a disused railway line) Brixworth Church (notably complete Anglo Saxon church) Brixworth Country Park Burghley House (home of the Marquess of Exeter) Canons Ashby House Canons Ashby Priory Castle Ashby (home of the Marquess of Northampton) The Castle Theatre (Wellingborough) Coton Manor Garden Cottesbrooke Hall Daventry Country Park Deene Park (home of the Marquess of Ailesbury) Delapré Abbey Derngate and Royal Theatre (Northampton) Drayton House Earls Barton Church Easton Neston Fermyn Woods Country Park Fotheringhay Castle & Church Franklin's Gardens Geddington's Eleanor cross Holdenby House Holy Sepulchre, Northampton (Norman Round church) Irchester Country Park Jurassic Way (long-distance footpath, Midshires Way section) Kelmarsh Hall Kirby Hall Knuston Hall Lamport Hall Lilford Hall Lyveden New Bield Nassington Prebendal Manor House Naseby Field Northampton & Lamport Railway Northampton Cathedral Northampton Guildhall Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Oundle (historic market town) Piddington Roman Villa Pitsford Reservoir Raunds (historic market town) Raunds Church (home of the Raunds Wall Paintings and a 15th cent Mechanical Clock) Roadmender (live music venue) Rockingham Castle Rockingham Forest Rockingham Motor Speedway Rushden Hall Rushden, Higham and Wellingborough Railway Rushden Station Railway Museum Rushton Triangular Lodge St Peter’s, Northampton (notably complete and fine example of Norman architecture) Salcey Forest Silverstone Circuit Slapton Church (home of The Slapton Wall Paintings) Southwick Hall Stanwick Lakes Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum Sulgrave Manor (historic home of George Washington’s family, now run by the United States government) Summer Leys nature reserve Syresham Sywell Country Park Towcester Museum Watford Locks Wellingborough Museum Whittlewood Forest Wicksteed Park
Se også :en:2019-2023 structural changes to local government in England Kommunesammenlægninger i England. Engelsksproget Wikipedia
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