East Midlands

East Midlands
Region
From top, left to right: Northampton; Leicester; Nottingham; Derby; Sherwood Forest; Lincoln Cathedral; Rutland Water; Peak District
East Midlands shown within England
Coordinates: 52°59′N 0°45′W / 52.98°N 0.75°W / 52.98; -0.75
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
GO established	1994
RDA established	1998
GO abolished	2011
RDA abolished	31 March 2012
Subdivisions	6 counties Derbyshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire (part) Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Rutland 1 combined authority East Midlands 35 districts 6 unitary 29 non-metropolitan in 4 non-metropolitan counties
Government [1]
• Type	Local authority leaders' board
• Body	East Midlands Councils
• MPs	46 MPs (of 650)
Area [2]
• Total	6,105 sq mi (15,811 km2)
• Land	6,032 sq mi (15,624 km2)
• Rank	4th
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	4,934,939
• Rank	8th
• Density	820/sq mi (316/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 85.7% White 8.0% Asian 2.7% Black 2.4% Mixed 1.3% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 45.4% Christianity 40.0% no religion 4.3% Islam 2.5% Hinduism 1.1% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.1% Judaism 0.5% other 5.9% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ITL code	TLF
GSS code	E12000004

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The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (except for North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutland. The region has a land area of 15,624 km² (6,032 sq mi), with an estimated population 4,934,939 in 2022.^[3] With a sufficiency-level world city ranking, Nottingham is the only settlement in the region to be classified by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.^[5]

The region is primarily served by East Midlands Airport, which lies between Derby, Leicester and Nottingham. The main cities in the region are Derby, Leicester, Lincoln and Nottingham. The largest towns in these counties are Boston, Chesterfield, Coalville, Corby, Glossop, Grantham, Kettering, Loughborough, Northampton, Mansfield, Oakham, Swadlincote and Wellingborough.