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<div>{{short description|Separate areas of the United Kingdom appointed a lord-lieutenant}}<br />
{{update|the current status of the boundaries, which are now historical|date=September 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox subdivision type<br />
| name = Lieutenancy area<br />
| alt_name = <br />
| alt_name1 = <br />
| alt_name2 = <br />
| alt_name3 = <br />
| alt_name4 = <br />
| map = Lieutenancy Areas of the United Kingdom.svg<br />
| category = [[Counties of the United Kingdom|County]]<br />
| territory = [[United Kingdom]]<br />
| start_date = 1997 (GB), 1975 (NI)<br />
| legislation_begin = [[Lieutenancies Act 1997]] & the Northern Ireland (Lieutenancy) Order 1975<br />
| current_number = 99<br />
| number_date = 2008<br />
| type = [[Ceremonial counties of England|England]] (48)<br />
| type1 = [[Lieutenancy areas of Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland]] (8)<br />
| type2 = [[Lieutenancy areas of Scotland|Scotland]] (35)<br />
| type3 = [[Preserved counties of Wales|Wales]] (8)<br />
| population_range = 8,000–8,167,000<ref>Table 2 2011 Census: Usual resident population and population density, local authorities in the United Kingdom UK Census 2011 UK usual resident population Greater London excluding City of London<!--Accessed 22 December 2012--></ref><br />
| area_range = 3–8,611 km<sup>2</sup><br />
}}<br />
'''Lieutenancy areas''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ɛ|f|ˈ|t|ɛ|n|ən|s|i}}), officially '''counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies''', are the separate areas of the [[United Kingdom]] that are appointed to a [[lord-lieutenant]] – a representative of the [[British monarch]]. In many cases they have similar demarcation and naming to, but are not necessarily coterminate with, the [[counties of the United Kingdom]].<br />
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==Origin==<br />
In England, lieutenancy areas are colloquially known as the [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial counties]], although this phrase does not appear in any legislation referring to them. The [[lieutenancy areas of Scotland]] are [[subdivisions of Scotland]] that are more or less based on the [[counties of Scotland]], making use of the major cities as separate entities.<ref>The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996, Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 731 (S.83)</ref> In Wales, the lieutenancy areas are known as the [[preserved counties of Wales]] and are based on those used for lieutenancy and local government between 1974 and 1996. The lieutenancy areas of Northern Ireland correspond to the [[Lieutenancy areas of Northern Ireland|six counties and two former county boroughs]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1975 |title=Northern Ireland (Lieutenancy) Order 1975 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/156/pdfs/uksi_19750156_en.pdf |website=}}</ref><br />
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==Map==<br />
{{Lieutenancy Areas of the United Kingdom}}<br />
<small>Not shown: [[City of London]]</small><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Historic counties of the United Kingdom]]<br />
*[[List of lord-lieutenants in the United Kingdom]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{UK subdivisions}}<br />
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[[Category:Lord lieutenancies| ]]<br />
[[Category:Local government in the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:Types of subdivision in the United Kingdom]]</div>2406:5900:11AF:20E:8D81:28FF:70EB:84D2