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The '''East Midlands''' is one of the nine statistical regions of England, established in 1994. As of 2024, it consists of the council areas of [[Derby City Council]], [[Derbyshire County Council]], [[Leicester City Council]], [[Leicestershire County Council]], [[Lincolnshire County Council]], [[Nottingham City Council]], [[Nottinghamshire County Council]], North and West [[Northamptonshire County Council]] and Rutland County Council. It broadly corresponds to the eastern half of the area of England traditionally known as the [[Midlands]] which, in a statistical context, consists of the East and West Midlands combined.
In terms of counties, the East Midlands consists of most of [[Derbyshire]] (except for southern suburbs of [[Sheffield]]), [[Leicestershire]], much of [[Lincolnshire]] (except northern Lindsey), much of [[Nottinghamshire]], most of [[Northamptonshire]] (notably excluding Peterborough), [[Rutland]], with the addition of smaller areas of other counties, including; two sparse areas of north and east [[Cheshire]], the village of Thurning in [[Huntingdonshire]],
[[Category:English statistical regions]]