It is the only non-metropolitan county to function in such a manner.
England is also divided into 83 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties.
Bath became part of Avon when that non-metropolitan county was created in 1974.
In the following areas, the existing non-metropolitan counties have been abolished.
This is a list of non-metropolitan counties and their districts.
Eligible communities are non-metropolitan counties with a population of 50,000 or less.
In the non-metropolitan counties these were the responsibility of the county councils.
The non-metropolitan county contains 30 towns with between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants.
Political control of the non-metropolitan county has been held by the following groups:
In April 2009 the following changes were made to the non-metropolitan counties:
