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Dorset
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Dorset
Dorset
(or
archaically
,
Dorsetshire
), is a
county
in
South West England
on the
English Channel
coast. The
ceremonial county
comprises the
non-metropolitan county
, which is governed by
Dorset County Council
, and the
unitary authority areas
of
Poole
and
Bournemouth
. Covering an area of , Dorset borders
Devon
to the west,
Somerset
to the north-west,
Wiltshire
to the north-east, and
Hampshire
to the east. The
county town
is
Dorchester
which is in the south. After the
reorganisation of local government in 1974
the county's border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the
South East Dorset conurbation
, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density.
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