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Humberside, county in the east of England, which at North Yorkshire, which borders North Sea, Lincoln-almost, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire. Humberside is divided by the Humber. The county was formed with the regional reorganization of 1974, when parts of Lincoln-almost and Yorkshire were folded up. The surface of Humberside consists of 3,513 square kilometers. The coastal plain the chalk layer stage of the York Wolds follows to the west north the Humber. South the Humber the Schichtstufe is continued of the Lincoln Wolds.
At the coast the soils are extremely fruitful, a majority of the country at the Humber the sea were wrung out. Most important waters is the Humber, which is formed from Trent, Aire and Ouse. A large part of the river Derwent forms the border after North Yorkshire. The climate of the county is moderate, the middle yearly precipitation is below 600 millimeters. In the county there are numerous protected areas and nature parks, particularly around the Trichtermündung of the Humber. Other protected areas are e.
g. with Blacktoft of sand because of the confluence of Trent and Ouse. The Royal Society for the Protection OF Birds is subordinate a protected area with the Bempton Cliffs. With an amount of 120 meters the Bempton Cliffs is the highest chalk cliffs in England. The number of inhabitants of the county consists of about 882,000. The largest cities are Kingston upon cladding (about 250,000 inhabitants), Grimsby (approximately 89,000 inhabitants) and Scunthorpe (approximately 62,000 inhabitants).
Further well-known cities are Hornsea, the resort Cleethorpes, the port Goole, Barton upon Humber and the port Immingham. In an investigation, which was published 1994, the dissolution of the county Humberside was recommended. The mechanisms of the higher education are the University of cladding and the university of Humberside, which are both in cladding. Among the well-known personalities, that originate from the county, among other things the founders of the Methodismus, John Wesley and his brother Charles, as well as the poet Andrew Marvell rank. In the in whole county one finds referring to an early settlement: In Rudston a Steinmonument e.g.
lies, about four kilometers northeast from Bridlington the earth barrier Danes Dyke. Brigg, a small, old market city of about ten kilometers to the west of Scunthorpe, became by the composition Brigg fair from Frederick Delius admits. In Beverley there is a cathedral from that 13. Century and the church Saint Mary\'s, in 14. and 15. Century was established.
The Humber Bridge spans the Humber of Barton upon Humber in the south to cladding in the north. It was at present their completion 1979 with an overall length of 2,200 meters one of the longest suspension bridges of the world. Apart from the agriculture above all the fish has processing industry economic meaning, Humberside is the center of the British fishery industry. Cladding is one of the most important ports of Great Britain. In close proximity to Grimsby there are oil refineries, in Scunthorpe steel plants. In Immingham a tanker terminal was established.
Bridlington, Hornsea and Cleethorpes are popular resorts at the sea. For the history of the county Humberside see Yorkshire, history, and see Lincoln-almost, history.
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