Overview
The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire (except North and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutland. The region has an area of , with a population over 4.5 million in 2011. The most populous settlements in the region are Derby, Chesterfield, Leicester, Loughborough, Hinckley, Lincoln, Boston, Mansfield, Kettering, Corby, Northampton, and Nottingham.
Other notable settlements include Buxton, Coalville, Gainsborough, Glossop, Grantham, Market Harborough, Matlock, Newark-on-Trent, Oakham, Skegness, Sleaford, Wellingborough and Worksop.
With a sufficiency-level world city ranking, Nottingham is the only settlement in the region to be classified by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.
The region is primarily served by East Midlands Airport, which lies between Derby, Leicester and Nottingham.
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