Districts of Nottinghamshire are Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, and Rushcliffe.
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11 Facts About Nottinghamshire
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The City of Nottingham was administratively part of Nottinghamshire between 1974 and 1998, but is a unitary authority, remaining part of Nottinghamshire for ceremonial purposes.
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Nottinghamshire is famous for its involvement with the legend of Robin Hood.
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Nottinghamshire was mapped first by Christopher Saxton in 1576; the first fully surveyed map of the county was by John Chapman, who produced Chapman's Map of Nottinghamshire in 1774.
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Nottinghamshire is sheltered by the Pennines to the west, so receives relatively low rainfall at 641 to 740 millimetres annually.
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Nottinghamshire contains one green belt area, first drawn up from the 1950s.
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Nottinghamshire is a non-metropolitan county, governed by Nottinghamshire County Council and seven non-metropolitan district councils.
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Nottinghamshire is home to the Sherwood Forest, known for its association with the legend of Robin Hood.
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Nottinghamshire contains the ancestral home of the poet Lord Byron, Newstead Abbey, which he sold in 1818.
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The most successful football team within Nottinghamshire is Nottingham Forest, a Premier League club that won the 1978 English championship, and followed it up with winning the 1979 and 1980 European Cup titles.
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Nottinghamshire has international twinning arrangements with the province of Wielkopolska in western Poland, and with the province's capital city, Poznan.
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