| − | '''East of England''', or '''Eastern England''', is one of the nine statistical regions of England established in 1994. It covers an area of eastern and southern England between Greater London and the Thames estuary in the south, and the Wash in the north. The region broadly covers the counties [[Bedfordshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Hertfordshire]] [[Huntingdonshire]], [[Norfolk]] and [[Suffolk]], with the addition of most (by area) of [[Essex]], an area of east [[Northamptonshire]] containing [[Peterborough]], as well as Linslade in [[Buckinghamshire]] and the Potters Bar area of [[Middlesex]]. | + | '''East of England''', or '''Eastern England''', is one of the nine statistical regions of England established in 1994. It covers an area of eastern and southern England between Greater London and the Thames estuary in the south, and the Wash in the north. The region broadly covers the counties [[Bedfordshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Hertfordshire]] [[Huntingdonshire]], [[Norfolk]] and [[Suffolk]], with the addition of most (by area) of [[Essex]], an area of east [[Northamptonshire]] containing [[Peterborough]] (pop. 215,000), the region's largest settlement, as well as Linslade in [[Buckinghamshire]] and the Potters Bar area of [[Middlesex]]. |
| | As of 2022, the population of the East of England was just under 6.4 million. | | As of 2022, the population of the East of England was just under 6.4 million. |