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Leicestershire is one of the forty-seven counties of England, United Kingdom, with capital in Leicester. Located in the East Midlands is bordered on the north by Nottinghamshire, on the east by Lincolnshire and Rutland, on the south by Northamptonshire, on the south west by Warwickshire and on the northwest by Derbyshire, occupies an area of ​​2156 km² and has a population of 1,031 000 inhabitants. In the center of the county and on the banks of the River Soar is the city of Leicester, an industrial and administrative nucleus from which the county takes its name. In this city are the tombs of King Richard III of England and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey.

The Soar River crosses the region from north to south and divides it into two parts. To the west there are quite a few established farms as well as footwear and pharmaceuticals industry. In the eastern part where the lands are high, there is the raising of cattle and dairy products, as well as iron ore. Leicestershire appears already in the old records. It had then four subdivisions that later became seven. The boundaries of the county have not changed since its inception. Although in 1974 its status was annulled, since 1986 the city of Leicester is an independent administrative unit within the county of Leicestershire.