West Midlands

West Midlands is a county for the purposes of lieutenancy in central England. It covers most of the urbanised parts of the county Warwickshire, as well as north east Worcestershire and southern Staffordshire. it has a population of 2.6 million. The West Midlands shares its name with a much larger statistical region, of which it forms a part. The county for the purposes of lieutenancy of West Midlands includes the cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton and the districts of Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall and Solihull. Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Dudley and Walsall are collectively known as the Black Country, recalling the smokey atmosphere and blackened stonework of the area when it was a major centre for metal-working industries.

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• West Midlands (region) - a statistical region of England that contains this county for the purposes of lieutenancy