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Nottinghamshire

Bordering to the east Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire to the north-west, to the west Derbyshire, and Leicestershire to the south, Nottinghamshire (pronounced /ˈnɒtɪŋəmʃər/ or /-ʃɪər/; abbreviated Notts.) is an East Midlands region county. A unitary authority, remaining part of Nottinghamshire for ceremonial purposes, between 1974 and 1988, the City of Nottingham was administratively part of Nottinghamshire.

There are Roman settlements in the county; at Mansfield, and forts such as at the Broxtowe Estate in Bilborough, and Nottinghamshire lies on the Roman Fosse Way. Nottinghamshire was divided into Wapentakes until 1610. A place that is famous for the legend of Robin Hood is Nottinghamshire.

Nottinghamshire County Council and non-metropolitan district councils govern Nottinghamshire, which is a non-metropolitan county. North Nottinghamshire has a GDP of £10,176, and South Nottinghamshire £8,448, and Nottingham £17,373.

The Nottinghamshire towns of Newark and Retford is served from London to Leeds, Doncaster, Scotland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and York, by the East Coast Main Line. While Airport Doncaster Sheffield lies within the boundaries of Nottinghamshire, East Midlands Airport is in Leicestershire.

The county map that was fully surveyed was by John Chapman, who in 1774 produced Chapman's Nottinghamshire Map, and Nottinghamshire was mapped by C. Saxton in 1576. Like Derbyshire, and South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire sits on coal measures, up to 900 metres (3,000 feet) thick, and occurring in the north of the county.

In Nottinghamshire LEA in 2007, 9,700 pupils took GCSEs. A Championship club that won the 1978 English championship, and followed it up with winning the 1979 and 1980 European Cup titles, Nottingham Forest is the most successful team within Nottinghamshire.