It is the only non-metropolitan county to function in such a manner.

England is also divided into 83 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties.

Bath became part of Avon when that non-metropolitan county was created in 1974.

In the following areas, the existing non-metropolitan counties have been abolished.

This is a list of non-metropolitan counties and their districts.

Eligible communities are non-metropolitan counties with a population of 50,000 or less.

In the non-metropolitan counties these were the responsibility of the county councils.

The non-metropolitan county contains 30 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants.

Political control of the non-metropolitan county has been held by the following groups:

In April 2009 the following changes were made to the non-metropolitan counties: