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Hampshire, sometimes historically
Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, (abbr. Hants), or the County of
Southampton, is a county on the south coast of England. The county
borders (clockwise from West), Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey
and West Sussex. The county has an area of 1,455 square miles (3,769
km˛) and at its widest points is approximately 55 miles (90 km)
east–west and 40 miles (65 km) north–south. The county town is
Winchester situated at 51°03′35″N, 1°18′36″W. The 2001 census gave
the population of the administrative county as 1.24 million; the
ceremonial county also includes the cities of Portsmouth and
Southampton, which are administratively independent, and has a total
population of 1.6 million. Christchurch and Bournemouth, within the
historic borders of the county, were made part of the
non-metropolitan county of Dorset in 1974.
Hampshire is a popular holiday area, with tourist attractions
including its many seaside resorts, the maritime area in Portsmouth,
and the motor museum at Beaulieu. The New Forest National Park lies
within the borders, as does a large area of the South Downs, which
is also scheduled to become a National Park. Hampshire has a long
maritime history and two of England's largest ports lie on its
coast. The county is famed as home of writers Jane Austen and
Charles Dicken.
Hampshire's county town is Winchester, a historic city that was once
the capital of the ancient kingdom of Wessex and of England until
the Norman conquest of England. The port cities of Southampton and
Portsmouth were split off as independent unitary authorities in
1997, although they are still included in Hampshire for ceremonial
purposes. Fareham, Gosport and Havant have grown into a conurbation
that stretches along the coast between the two main cities. The
three cities are all university cities, Southampton being home to
the University of Southampton and Southampton Solent University
(formerly Southampton Institute), Portsmouth to the University of
Portsmouth, and Winchester to the University of Winchester (formerly
known as University College Winchester; King Alfred's College).
Hampshire lies outside the green belt area of restricted development
around London, but has good railway and motorway links to the
capital, and in common with the rest of the south-east has seen the
growth of dormitory towns since the 1960s. Basingstoke, in the north
of the county, has grown from a country town into a business and
finance centre. Aldershot, Portsmouth, and Farnborough have strong
military associations with the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force
respectively. The county also includes several market towns: Alton,
Andover, Bishop's Waltham, Lymington, Petersfield, Ringwood, Romsey,
and Whitchurch.
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