The counties of Ireland lang ga contaetha na h ireann are sub national divisions used for the purposes ..., all Ireland had been divided into counties. The older term shire was historically equivalent to county ... in Britain , 1994 ref Counties of Ireland imagemap thumb yes position right The function of the county ... council s in major population centres. The counties of Northern Ireland are no longer used for local ... the 32 counties that existed prior to 1838 the so called traditional counties. In the Republic of Ireland .... small Note Northern Irelandcounties are coloured tan Londonderry is often called Derry see Derry ... roche Desmond Roche, Local Government in Ireland , Dublin, 1982 ref In the 14th century, Counties ... of Ireland into counties. Westmeath was separated from Meath often East Meath in 1543. Queen Mary ... Leinster Republic of IrelandCounties today History The boundaries of the traditional counties changed ... of Ireland The twenty nine counties of the Republic of Ireland number are the basis for local government ... administrative counties under the Local Government Ireland Act, 1898. By the terms of the Local ... Usage in Northern Ireland main Counties of Northern Ireland In Northern Ireland, a major re organisation ... counties Most local administrative unit s of the Republic of Ireland are based on geographicaly ... those of the traditional counties. While the cities are non county, in Law of Ireland Irish law , they enjoy an equivalence in terms of status and powers. The counties of Northern Ireland are not included ... by area County town Historic counties of Northern Ireland List of Irish county towns List of Irish ... counties of Ireland http www.lyra.it copper index.php?cat 39 Common Licensed Photos from all the Counties ... www.lama.ie Local Authority Members Association Counties of Ireland Articles on first level administrative divisions of European countries DEFAULTSORT Counties Of Ireland Category Counties of Ireland Category Counties of the Republic of Ireland Category Counties of Northern Ireland Category Subdivisions ... more details
File Northern Ireland Counties.png right thumb 300px Counties of Northern Ireland The counties of Northern Ireland were the principal local government divisions of Northern Ireland from its creation in 1921 ... Ulster Banner Government of Northern Ireland flag represents the six counties that make up Northern Ireland. Citation needed date June 2010 The counties class wikitable style margin 1em auto 1em auto ... into more counties based largely on the boundaries of existing lordships. In 1584, Lord Deputy of Ireland Sir John Perrott created the following counties in what is now Northern Ireland Armagh Coleraine ... it was merged with County Antrim. Image gallery title Development of Northern Ireland s counties width ... by the Lord Deputy of Ireland Sir John Perrott. 1584 General boundaries of the counties of Ulster .... ref name PRONI Government and Modern Usage Main Districts of Northern Ireland The counties were ... Ireland car number plates . They were also used as Postal counties of the United Kingdom postal ... modern counties of Northern Ireland County Coleraine formed from the territory of the O Cahans ... ref See also Counties of the United Kingdom Counties of Ireland List of Irish counties by population List of Irish counties by area Provinces of Ireland Template group list Counties and cities of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland topics UK subdivisions commonscat Counties of Northern Ireland DEFAULTSORT Counties Of Northern Ireland Categories Category Counties of Northern Ireland Other languages ... Ierland ru simple Counties of Northern Ireland ... government in Northern Ireland unitary authorities . ref name Connolly2002p129 Northern Ireland consists of six counties County Antrim Antrim , County Armagh Armagh , County Down Down , County Fermanagh ... eastern part barony of Loughinsholin being merged with County Londonderry in 1613. Background of the counties The English administration in Ireland in the years following the Anglo Norman invasion of Ireland ... more details
in place of administrative county . Former administrative counties of Northern Ireland main Local government in Northern Ireland The administrative counties in the area now constituting Northern Ireland ... Year Belfast 1899 Londonderry 1899 Former administrative counties of the Republic of Ireland main Local government in the Republic of Ireland The administrative counties in the area now constituting the Republic of Ireland were created as follows class wikitable Administrative county Components County ...Administrative counties were a unit of local government created by an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for use in Ireland in 1899. Following the separation of the Irish Free State from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , administrative counties continued in use in the two parts of the island of Ireland under their respective sovereign jurisdictions. They continued in use until 1973 in Northern Ireland and until 2002 in the Republic of Ireland . History main Local Government Ireland Act 1898 The administrative counties were created by the Local Government Ireland Act 1898 . The Act established a new system of local government in Ireland , consisting of county council s, similar ... s of Ireland s largest towns which were independent of their surrounding county councils, but in contrast to England, the county boroughs were deemed to be administrative counties themselves. Thus there were 38 administrative counties, of which 8 were county boroughs. After the separation of the Irish Free State , eight administrative counties remained in Northern Ireland including two county boroughs , while the Irish Free State had 30 administrative counties including four county boroughs . The administrative counties of Northern Ireland were abandoned as local government areas by the Local Government Act Northern Ireland 1972 . The Act came into effect in 1973. Galway city become a county ... and South Dublin . In the Republic of Ireland , the 1898 Act was replaced by the Local Government ... more details
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Etymological list of counties of Ireland is a list of the origins of the names of the Counties of Ireland traditional counties of Ireland , both north and south, including counties that are no longer used. Unless otherwise stated, the origin of a name is from Irish. Counties class wikitable sortable align left bgcolor EEEEEE County name class unsortable bgcolor EEEEEE Established bgcolor EEEEEE Province bgcolor EEEEEE Irish Name class unsortable bgcolor EEEEEE Derivation align left County Antrim Antrim c.1400 Ulster Aontroim Solitary Dwelling . The county was formed by merging a number of other counties in the Earldom of Ulster, notable Twescard , from the Irish Tuaisceart , North and Carrickfergus, from the Irish Carraig Fhearghais , named after Fergus M r mac Eirc , the 6th century king of D l Riata . align left County Armagh Armagh 1584 5 Ulster Ard Mhacha Macha s Height Macha was an Irish goddess associated with Ulster and Armagh, where she is said to have given birth to twins after racing a horse. Her name possibly derives from Proto Celtic makaj s , of the plain align left County Carlow Carlow 1306 Leinster Ceatharlach Place of Cattle align left County Cavan Cavan 1584 Ulster An Cabh n The Hollow align left County Clare Clare 1565 Munster An Cl r From the Norman people Norman de Clare family, who took their name in turn from the English town of Clare, Suffolk Clare , which probably gets its name from the Latin clarus , clear . Prior to 1565, the county was known as County Thomond Irish Tuamhain from Tuadhmhumhain meaning North Munster align left County Cork Cork c. 1200 ... to the mixture of Vikings and Irish Outlaws that formed communities in Ireland in the 10th 11th Centuries ... Meath 1297 Leinster An Mh The Middle Meath was originally one of the five Kingdoms of Ireland, and the one ... the modern counties of Westmeath and Longford in addition to Meath. In 1547, it was reduced ... Languages of Ireland ... more details
Historic counties may refer to Historic counties of England , subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans Counties of Ireland History Historic counties of Ireland , areas in Ireland separate from the county corporates that existed in some of the larger towns and cities Historic counties of Scotland , the principal local government divisions of Scotland until 1975 Historic counties of Wales , ancient sub divisions of Wales Disambig ... more details
Northern Counties may refer to Northern Counties Committee 1903 1949 , a railway company of Northeast Ireland Northern Counties East Football League , an English association football league Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Company , a defunct English bus manufacturer See also County dab ... more details
introduced a similar system for Ireland and its off shore islands. ref name Webb1980 Citation last Webb first D. A. year 1980 title The Biological Vice Counties of Ireland journal Proceedings of the Royal ... counties to Ireland and its off shore islands, based on an earlier suggestion by Cardale Babington C.C. Babington in 1859. The Irish vice counties were based on the historic 32 counties of Ireland, with the six .... This produced a total of 40 vice counties for Ireland, which were numbered from H1 to H40 H for Hibernia ... 2011 08 10 ref or this term may be used for the combined vice counties of Britain and Ireland ..., West Sutherland Wigtownshire Wigtownshire Shetland Shetland Vice counties of Ireland listed by county ... of Wales Subdivisions of Northern IrelandCounties of Ireland References reflist External links http ... Category Natural history of Ireland Category Counties of the United Kingdom Category Counties ...File Great Britain Vice Counties.png thumb right Vice counties of Great Britain and the Isle of Man Orkney and Shetland not shown Vice counties the hyphen may be omitted or biological vice counties ref ... and other scientific data gathering. They are sometimes called Watsonian vice counties as they were ... Vincent Watson s vice counties were based on the ancient counties of the United Kingdom counties ... distributions pages 48 73 url http books.google.co.uk books?id c9EOAAAAQAAJ&pg PA50 ref Vice counties ..., allowing data collected over long periods of time to be compared easily. The vice counties remain unchanged ... accurately compared. Citation needed date August 2011 Vice county systems Vice counties were first ... the Isle of Man , but excluding the Channel Islands . This area was divided into 112 vice counties, based on the administrative counties of the time. Larger counties were divided for example, Devon into the vice counties of North Devon and South Devon, and Yorkshire into five vice counties. Each of these 112 vice counties has a name and a number. Thus Vice county 38, often abbreviated to VC38 , is called ... more details
Traditional counties are County counties which are no longer extant and may refer to Ancient counties of England Counties of Scotland Historic counties of Wales Counties in New Zealand List of Quebec counties disamb ... more details
about an election term the country music duo Blue County Image 2004 US elections purple counties.png thumb right 2004 Presidential election by county Red counties and blue counties are County United States counties of the United States whose residents predominantly and consistently vote for the Republican Party United States Republican Party or the Democratic Party United States Democratic Party , respectively. These patterns are seen in local, state, United States House of Representatives , United States Senate U.S. Senate , and U.S. Presidential election s. This term may also be used to describe the political representation of a county by county commission ers, State legislature United States state representatives , and State Senator state senators . Degrees between highly red and blue states are sometimes represented by intermediary hues, with states that do not have a clear political preference being represented as purple . Examining political preferences at the county level gives a different perspective than the more widely used Red states and blue states analysis at the state level . It is more likely to show differences based on the urban or rural make up of various counties, rather than a state s regional location in the country. Blue counties Examples of blue counties nationwide fact date August 2011 Los Angeles County, California San Francisco County, California King County, Washington Cook County, Illinois Athens Clarke County, Georgia Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Westchester County, New York Athens County, Ohio Cuyahoga County, Ohio Hidalgo County, Texas Chittenden County, Vermont Washington County, Vermont Wayne County, Michigan Red counties Examples of red counties nationwide fact date August 2011 Nassau County, New York Cape May County, New Jersey References Reflist See also Red state vs. blue state divide External links http elections.nytimes.com 2008 results president map.html 2008 Election results by county Category American political neologisms U ... more details
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Eastern Counties may refer to First Eastern Counties , English bus operating company formerly known as Eastern Counties Omnibus Company Eastern Counties Football League , football league in eastern England Eastern Counties Railway , English rail company which became part of the Great Eastern Railway in 1862 Eastern Counties Regional Library , public library system in Canada Archant , newspaper publishing company in eastern England known as Eastern Counties Newspapers until 2002 National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers , former trade union in the United Kingdom initially known as the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers & Small Holders Union disambig ... more details
The counties of Wales may refer to Principal areas of Wales see Local government in Wales Preserved counties of Wales Historic counties of Wales Former administrative counties of Wales see History of local government in Wales Maps gallery Image Map Cymru 1996 gyda rhifau.svg Principal areas of Wales Image Map Cymru gyda rhifau.svg Preserved counties of Wales Image WalesTradNumbered.png Historic and Administrative Counties of Wales gallery disambig ... more details
Politics of Denmark Denmark was until December 31, 2006 divided into 15 county counties Danish language Danish Amt administrative division amter , and 270 List of municipalities of Denmark municipalities Township kommuner . On January 1, 2007, the counties were replaced by five regions of Denmark Regions and the number of municipalities slashed to 98. Image DenmarkNumbered.png left 150px Map of Denmark showing the former counties Copenhagen County comprised all the municipalities of metropolitan Copenhagen, except Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg Municipality. Bornholm was originally divided in five municipalities and a Bornholm County county comprising the entire island. These six administrations merged on January 1, 2003 forming the new Bornholm Bornholm Regional Municipality , giving it a status resembling the municipalities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg . On January 1, 2007, these three municipalities lost their special status and their responsibilities and powers have been reduced to the same level as the 95 other municipalities. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are also part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but both enjoy internal autonomy. Both are largely self governing, and each community sends two members to the Danish Folketing Parliament . The Faroe Islands obtained self government in 1948 previously the islands had the status of a Danish amt. See also the ranked list of Danish counties . Reform A government proposal in 2004 called for the counties to be replaced by five large regions of Denmark regions with health care as their sole responsibilities two regions ... of IrelandIreland have more populous entities at the lowest political administrative level. The reform was confirmed by the Danish Parliament on February 24, 2005, and the counties were abolished on January 1, 2007. List of counties 1970 2006 class wikitable sortable cellpadding 2 cellspacing ... DEFAULTSORT Counties Of Denmark Category Counties of Denmark Category Subdivisions of Denmark ... more details
Renfrewshire county council . The counties of Scotland lang gd Siorrachdan na h Alba were the principal ... until 1975. Scotland s current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland lieutenancy areas and registration counties are largely based on them. They are often referred to as historic counties . ref http www.scotborders.gov.uk ... of sheriffs known as shires or sheriffdoms were eventually adapted to become the counties of Scotland ... or sheriff substitute appointed to each county, shire or stewartry . Twelve of the smallest counties ..., bringing Scotland into line with England, Wales and Ireland. Names and terminology Names In official ... Shire and County From their earliest appearance the counties of Scotland have been called shires . The word .... In Ireland , shire is little used. Kirkcudbrightshire is commonly called the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright .... The counties became a basis of modern local government Scotland local government , alongside burghs ... of Scotland Areas for Lieutenancy , areas similar to those of the counties, were created at the same ... three registration counties were formed they differed in number from the thirty four civil counties then existing as the Barony and Regality of Glasgow was to be treated as a county, while four counties ... Scotland Act 1868 31 & 32 Vict. C. 64 ref The thirty three counties of 1868 remain in use by the Scottish ... ref Postal direction Main Postal counties of the United Kingdom Scotland The Royal Mail included postal counties of the United Kingdom counties in most postal addresses in Scotland until 1996. On the mainland these counties approximated to the boundaries of the civil counties. Offshore islands, however, were regarded as distinct counties for postal purposes. This meant that there was no postal county .... Larger post towns such as Edinburgh and Glasgow did not form part of a postal county. Counties ... tr td colspan 3 style text align center background BFD7FF Counties of Scotland until 1890 tr td ... the word county was not applied to the sheriffdom . Counties from 1890 to 1975 table tr td Image ... more details
The Three Counties of England are traditionally the three agrarian Ceremonial counties of England counties of Gloucestershire , Herefordshire and Worcestershire . Including towns and cities such as Worcester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Hereford , Leominster , Stourbridge and Kidderminster , they extend from the southern boundaries of Birmingham in the north to Bristol in the south. Traditionally rugby union and cricket playing areas, there is a Three Counties Showground situated in the Worcestershire town of Malvern, Worcestershire Malvern that holds an annual agricultural show, and the area is also referred to in the names of local businesses and in the Three Counties Cider and Perry Association the popular apple and pear derived alcoholic beverages some of the finest of which are made in this area. The Three Choirs Festival is a European classical music classical music event held each August in one of the three county towns . It often features music by local composer Edward Elgar . The expression is sometimes used for other groups of three counties as in BBC Three Counties Radio which refers to Bedfordshire , Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire . See also London commuter belt Thames Valley Home Counties External links http www.threecounties.co.uk Three Counties Showground http www.3choirs.org Three Choirs Festival Category Counties of England coord 52.0 2.4 scale 100000 region GB display title ... more details
Unreferenced date June 2011 The states of Germany know 4 different names for the English common law term county. As in the United States, these counties are administrative subdivisions of states. There are states in Germany which don t have any counties and larger cities are usually not organized inside of a county. The tradional common law like counties While their administrative functions may vary, both an amt and a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft are the equivalent to a traditional US county. Amts exist in the states of Schleswig Holstein , Mecklenburg Western Pomerania and Brandenburg , while you can find a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Baden W rttemberg , Bavaria , Saxony , Saxony Anhalt , Thuringia . Unified counties Verbandsgemeinde and Samtgemeinde are counties which have taken over all or nearly all administrative tasks from the municipal governments. Usually unincorporated settlements and smaller cities belong to these types of counties. Verbandsgemeinde is the term used for these counties in Rhineland Palatinate and Saxony Anhalt . Samtgemeinde is the term applicable to counties in Lower Saxony . Legal basis for distinction The above two types were identified based on the German law for Gebietsk rperschaft territorial government body and Bundk rperschaft federative government body . Amt and Verwaltungsgemeindschaft are identified as Bundk rperschaft s and Verbandsgemeinde and Samtgemeinde are Gebietsk rperschaft s, according to their articles in the German Wikipedia. Category Subdivisions of Germany ... more details
Capital and Counties may refer to two separate real estate investment companies, both of which were formerly part of Liberty International Liberty International plc Capital & Counties Properties , a London focused firm listed on the London Stock Exchange Capital and Counties USA , a California based firm owned by Capital Shopping Centres Group plc disambig ... more details
Image Ceremonial counties of England.svg 150px category County Counties territory England upper unit Regions of England Regions start date Historic counties of England Established in Middle Ages start ... type type1 type2 type3 type4 status Ceremonial counties of England Ceremonial 48 status1 Metropolitan ... subdivision4 Counties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political ... of Scilly is divided into 83 Metropolitan and non metropolitan counties of England counties . The counties ... 2009, 27 of these counties are divided into districts and have a county council . Six of the counties, covering the major conurbations, are known as metropolitan counties , which do not have ... of Scilly is also divided into 48 ceremonial counties , which are also known as geographic counties. Most ceremonial counties correspond to a metropolitan or non metropolitan county of the same name ... of the counties have their origins in the Middle Ages, ref name hampton cite book author Hampton, W. title Local Government and Urban Politics year 1991 ref although the larger counties of Yorkshire ... counties which existed before the local government reforms of 1965 and 1974 are referred to as Historic counties of England ancient counties or historic counties. From 1889 to 1974 areas with county councils were known as Administrative counties of England administrative counties , which excluded larger town and cities known as county borough s and included divisions of some geographic counties ... year 1991 ref From 1974 to 1996 the metropolitan and non metropolitan counties, some of which were ... Government Reformed year 1974 ref corresponded directly with the ceremonial counties. Counties, usually either historic counties or current ceremonial counties, are used as the geographical basis ... organisations. For the purpose of sorting and delivering mail, England was divided into Postal counties of the United Kingdom 48 postal counties until 1996 these have been abandoned by the Royal Mail ... more details
Refimprove date February 2008 The home counties is a term which refers to the Counties of England counties of South East England South East England and the East of England which border London , but do ... counties is sometimes a matter of debate. Origin of the term The term is believed to have ... , pp. 79 108. ref The first use of the exact term home counties , rather than home circuit , cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1898. Definition Image Home counties 1921.png thumb 350px Counties ... Sussex East , nowrap 9. Sussex West Sussex West . There is no official definition of the home counties ... the twentieth century as follows 1908 The Home Counties Division of the Territorial Force comprised units recruiting in Middlesex , Kent , Surrey and Sussex . 1920 The London and Home Counties Electricity District consisted of the counties of County of London London and Middlesex and parts of Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , Essex , Hertfordshire , Kent and Surrey . 1924 The London and Home Counties ..., Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and Surrey. 1926 The Home Counties Music and Dancing Licensing ... . 1938 Green Belt London and Home Counties Act limited development in parts of Middlesex, Kent, Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Essex, Berkshire and Hertfordshire. 1948 The Home Counties Brigade was formed to administer ... Home Counties covered Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. ref 1908 Home Counties Division 1920 London and Home Counties Electricity District 1924 London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee 1926 The Home Counties Music and Dancing Licensing Act 1938 Green Belt London and Home Counties Act 1948 Home Counties Brigade 1995 Valuation Office Rating Manual Bedfordshire Check ... town London commuter belt Thames Valley Metro land Three Counties References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Home Counties Category Geography of London Category London words Category Regions of England Category Counties of England fr Home Counties hu Hazai megy k no Home Counties pl Home Counties zh ... more details
File Kenya counties map Labelled.jpg thumb Map of counties The counties of Kenya are geographical units envisioned by the Constitution of Kenya 2010 Constitution of Kenya as the units along which devolved government will be created. ref Article 6, Devolution and access to Services, The 2010 Constitution of Kenya ref The powers are provided in Articles 191 and 192 of the Constitution and in the Fourth Schedule. Pending legislation that will provide for such matters as removal of a County governor, the Counties of Kenya are due to become fully operational after the 2012 general elections. The counties will also act single member constituencies for the election of Members of Parliament to the Senate of Kenya ref Article 98, 1 a , Membership of the Senate, the 2010 Constitution of Kenya ref and Special Women Members of Parliament to the National Assembly of Kenya ref Article 97, 1 b Membership of the National Assembly, The 2010 Constitution of Kenya ref As of the 2012 general elections, there will be 47 counties whose size and boundaries are based on the 47 legally recognized Districts of Kenya . Tentative establishment County governments are set to be set up in 47 Counties Based on the 1992 Districts of Kenya , in the scheduled general elections in 2012 Kenya general election . The Counties names are set out in the First Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya Executive committee Each county will be run be an executive committee, consisting of A governor elected directly by the people A deputy elected as running mate of the successful candidate for governorship A number of committee members not exceeding a third or ten where a county assembly has more than 30 members of the members of the respective county assembly. County assemblies The counties will each have an assembly whose members are elected from single member constituencies known as wards. There may also be a number ... Counties of Kenya Category Subdivisions of Kenya Kenya stub fr Comt s au Kenya ... more details
distinguish Counties of Moldavia File Moldova judete.jpg thumb 300px Former counties of Moldova. wikisourcelang ro Legea nr. 191 din 12 noiembrie 1998 privind organizarea administrativ teritorial a Republicii Moldova Law regarding the division of Moldova into counties, 12 November 1998 Between 1998 and February 2003, Moldova was divided into 12 territorial units, including 1 municipality, 1 autonomous territorial unit, 1 territorial unit, and 9 counties Romanian jude e seats in brackets table td ol li Chi in u municipality, surrounded by Chi in u County, but different from it li B l i County B l i li Cahul County Cahul li Chi in u County Chi in u li Edine County Edine li L pu na County H nce ti li Orhei County Orhei li Soroca County Soroca li Tighina County C u eni li Ungheni County Ungheni li G g uzia , autonomous territorial unit Comrat li St nga Nistrului , territorial unit Dub sari ol td table In 1999 a Taraclia County was split out from the Cahul County it coincides with the current Taraclia District . Category Counties of Moldova ro Jude ele Republicii Moldova ru ... more details
The Catalan counties lang ca Comtats catalans , IPA ca kum tats k t ans IPA were the administrative divisions of the eastern Carolingian Marca Hispanica created after its Franks Frankish conquest. The various counties roughly defined what came to be known as the Principality of Catalonia . In 778, Charlemagne led his first expedition into Hispania . The territory that he subjugated to his rule was the kernel of Catalonia. In 781, he created his son Louis the Pious King of Aquitaine with the mandate to defend and extend the southern border against the Moors . In 785, Rostaing was made Count of Girona , the first of the established Catalan counties. In 797, in the greatest military triumph of his long career, the young Louis took Barcelona , the greatest city of the Catalan littoral. In 798, county of Urgell Urgell , county of Osona Osona , and county of Cerdanya Cerdanya were established under Borrell of Ausona Borrell . In 801, the greatest of the counties, Barcelona, was established under Bera, Count of Barcelona Bera . Barcelona soon overshadowed the other counties in importance, especially through the reign of Wilfred the Hairy in the late ninth century. At that time, the power of the Carolingians was waning and the neglected Hispanic march was practically independent of royal authority. In the early eleventh century, Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Barcelona , was able to submit to Sancho III of Navarre as his suzerain, even though he was still legally a vassal of Robert II ... of the Catalan counties would come into the hands of the counts of Barcelona. They, in their own turn ..., creating the Crown of Aragon . Several of the later kings re created some Catalan counties as appanages for younger sons. Counties County of Barcelona County of Berga County of Besal County ... of Rossell County of Urgell Timeline Chronology of the Catalan counties External links http www.tvcatalunya.com ... comtats catalans. Catalan . Category Medieval Catalan and Occitan history Category Counties by country ... more details
The collar counties are the five counties of Illinois that border on Chicago s Cook County, Illinois Cook County . The collar counties DuPage County, Illinois DuPage , Kane County, Illinois Kane , Lake County, Illinois Lake , McHenry County, Illinois McHenry , and Will County, Illinois Will are tied to Chicago economically, but, like many suburb an areas in the United States, have very different political leanings than does the core city. Chicago has long been a Democratic Party United States Democratic stronghold, and the collar counties are known for their slightly Republican leanings. While the demographics of these suburban Chicago counties are fairly typical for American metropolitan area s, the term is apparently unique to this area. ref http encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org pages 3.html ref And because Chicago is so firmly entrenched in the Democratic column, and rural Downstate is so overwhelmingly Republican Party United States Republican , the collar counties are routinely cited as being the key to any statewide election. ref http prairiestateblue.com diary 4029 ref ref http www.suntimes.com news elections 2807912,governor quinn brady suburbs 101710.article ref ref http www.nbcchicago.com blogs ward room Collar Counties Trending for GOP.html ref While the term is perhaps most often employed in political discussions, that is not its exclusive use. ref http articles.chicagotribune.com 1989 05 30 news 8902050290 1 backlog cases illinois supreme court ref ref http www.socqrl.niu.edu collarcounty c3index.htm ref Barack Obama used the term in his speech before the Democratic National Convention in 2004. ref http en.wikisource.org wiki 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address ref References reflist Category Chicago metropolitan area Illinois geo stub ... more details
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