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== Administration ==
== Administration ==
Local government in Lancashire is the responsibility of 21 different council areas, or 'administrative counties', which cover different areas of the historic county and, in some cases, parts of other counties too. A geographically large area of the county is served by [[Lancashire County Council]], although this serves the [[Forest of Bowland]] in [[Yorkshire]] as well and excludes more than half of the county's population. The council areas covering areas of Lancashire alone are [[Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]], [[Blackpool Council]], [[Bolton Council]], [[Bury Council]], [[Knowsley Council]], [[Liverpool City Council]], [[Rochdale Borough Council]], [[Sefton Council]], [[St Helens Council]] and [[Wigan Council]], all of which, bar Sefton Council, are named after and run from their largest settlement. The Furness peninsula in the county's far north is administered by [[Westmorland and Furness Council]], which also covers the county [[Westmorland]] and parts of [[Cumberland]] and Yorkshire.
Local government in Lancashire is the responsibility of 21 different council areas, or 'administrative counties', which cover different areas of the historic county and, in some cases, parts of other counties too. A geographically large area of the county is served by [[Lancashire County Council]], although this serves the [[Forest of Bowland]] in [[Yorkshire]] as well and excludes more than half of the county's population. The council areas covering areas of Lancashire alone are [[Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]], [[Blackpool Council]], [[Bolton Council]], [[Bury Council]], [[Knowsley Council]], [[Liverpool City Council]], [[Rochdale Borough Council]], [[Sefton Council]], [[St Helens Council]] and [[Wigan Council]], all of which, bar Sefton Council, are named after and run from their largest settlement. The Furness peninsula in the county's far north is administered by [[Westmorland and Furness Council]], which also covers the county [[Westmorland]] and parts of [[Cumberland]] and Yorkshire.
== Geography ==
=== Lancashire North of the Sands ===
'''Lancashire North of the Sands''' is an exclave of the county Lancashire which lies to the north and west of the Kent estuary, separated from the main body of the county by a small spur of south-western [[Westmorland]]. [[Cumberland]] lies to the north and west. Lancashire North of the Sands is occasionally referred to as Furness, although that more properly is one of its constituent areas, the other being the Cartmel peninsula immediately to its east. By far the largest settlement in this part of Lancashire is [[Barrow in Furness]].
== History ==
== History ==