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Geography of Lincolnshire

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140:) is the second largest of the English counties and one that is predominantly agricultural in character. Despite its relatively large physical area, it has a comparatively small population (of less than 1 million people). The unusually low population density that arises gives the county a very different character from the much more densely populated and urbanised counties of south-east and northern England, and is, in many ways, key to understanding the nature of the county (and perhaps even its people). 24: 843: 388: 162:: a region of flat, marshy land (much of it reclaimed from the sea) that predominates in the southern and south-eastern areas of the county (most particularly around the local towns of 813: 413: 438: 863: 41: 858: 853: 833: 392: 791: 501: 868: 88: 1071: 60: 873: 107: 341: 296: 956: 257:
The highest point of the county is just to the north of the village of Normanby le Wold, in the Lincolnshire Wolds north-east of
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which extends the low-lying nature of the fens toward the city. Historically important for abbey and prehistoric usage.
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For the purposed of a general geographical classification the county can be broken down into a number of sub-regions:
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and north-east coast: the major population and industrial centres of
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in the west of the county, bordering Nottinghamshire.
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Nettleton parish council 128:of Lincolnshire, plus the 1072:Geography of Lincolnshire 902: 120:The ceremonial county of 859:Grade I listed buildings 1029:St James' Church, Louth 1021:Market Rasen Racecourse 533:North East Lincolnshire 221:North East Lincolnshire 138:North-East Lincolnshire 414:"Witham valley abbeys" 273:The Greenwich Meridian 905:Historic subdivisions 547:Boroughs or districts 357:52.66361°N -0.00000°E 312:53.55389°N -0.00000°E 170:and extending around 774:Wainfleet All Saints 42:improve this article 1049:Winceby Battlefield 993:Kinema in the Woods 869:Scheduled monuments 595:(cities in italics) 526:Unitary authorities 439:"Witham Valley map" 353: /  326:and passes through 308: /  130:unitary authorities 1033:Tattershall Castle 1017:Lincolnshire Coast 997:Kingdom of Lindsey 929:Bolingbroke Castle 607:Barton-upon-Humber 538:North Lincolnshire 441:. 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Lincolnshire
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Lincolnshire Wolds
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North East Lincolnshire
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