| − | The '''East Midlands''' is one of the nine statistical regions of England, established in 1994. Covering an area similar (but not identical) to the combined extent of the traditional counties [[Derbyshire]], [[Leicestershire]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[Nottinghamshire]], [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Rutland]], the East Midland 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. | + | The '''East Midlands''' is one of the nine statistical regions of England, established in 1994. Covering an area similar (but not identical) to the combined extent of the traditional counties [[Derbyshire]], [[Leicestershire]], [[Lincolnshire]] (except the north of [[Lindsey]]), [[Nottinghamshire]], [[Northamptonshire]] and [[Rutland]], the East Midland 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. |