Essex
Non-metropolitan county
Essex is a county in southeast England, between London and the North Sea. The town of Colchester has Roman ruins and the Norman-era Colchester Castle, with a museum. Colchester Zoo is home to orang-utans and white rhinos. Southwest, 18th-century...
Population: 1.842 million (2019)
Admin HQ: Chelmsford
Constituent country: England
Councils: Southend-on-Sea City Council; Thurrock Council
Established: Ancient
Ethnicity: 90.8% White British; 3.6% Other White; 2.5% Asian; 1.3% Black; 1.5% Mixed; 0.3% Other; (2011)
GSS code: E10000012