Rutland
/ˈrʌtlənd/
/ˈrʌtlənd/
- a very small county in eastern central England. It became part of Leicestershire in 1974. Many local people opposed this and in 1997 the people of Rutland chose to become a county again and to have their own separate unitary authority, Rutland County Council.
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