Tyne an Wear

Tyne an Wear
Coonty
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	North East Ingland
Established	1974 (Local Government Act 1972) Creautit frae the five coonty burghs within Northumberland (North o Tyne) an Coonty Durham (Sooth o Tyne)
Ceremonial coonty
Heich Shirra	Mrs Catherine Moran OBE [1] (2019–20)
Area	538 km2 (208 sq mi)
• Rankit	44t o 48
Population (2011 est.)	1,119,600
• Rankit	13t o 48
Density	2,073/km2 (5,370/sq mi)
Ethnicity	2011:[2] 91.49% White British 4.10% Asian 1.98% Other White 0.97% Mixed 0.78% Black 0.67% Other
Metropolitan coonty
Aurie	538 km2 (208 sq mi)
ONS code	2D
NUTS	UKC22/23
Destricts o Tyne an Wear
Destricts	Gateshead Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Sooth Tyneside Sunderland
Members o Pairlament	Liz Twist Lab Nick Brown Lab Mary Glindon Lab Alan Campbell Lab Ian Mearns Lab Chi Onwurah Lab Julie Elliott Lab Catherine McKinnell Lab Stephen Hepburn Lab Sharon Hodgson Lab Bridget Phillipson Lab Emma Lewell-Buck Lab
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
• Simmer (DST)	Breetish Simmer Time (UTC+1)

Tyne an Wear /ˌtaɪn ən ˈwɪər/ is a metropolitan coonty in North East Ingland aroond the mooths o the Rivers Tyne an Wear. It came intae existence as a metropolitan coonty in 1974 efter the passage o the Local Govrenment Act 1972. It consists o the five metropolitan burghs o South Tyneside, North Tyneside, City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead an the City of Sunderland.

Prior tae reforms in 1974, the territory comprisin the coonty o Tyne an Wear straddled the mairch atween the coonties o Northumberland an Coonty Durham. North Tyneside an Newcastle upon Tyne haed previously existit athin o Northumberland, whareas South Tyneside, Gateshead an Sunderland wur aw previously athin the borders o Coonty Durham, wi the River Tyne formin the mairch o the twa coonties.

Tyne and Wear County Council wis abolished in 1986, an sae its destricts (the metropolitan burghs) are nou unitary authorities. Housomeivver, the metropolitan coonty continues tae exist in law an as a geographic frame o reference.^[3][4][5]

1. ↑ "Privy Council Office-APPOINTMENT OF SHERIFFS". London Gazette. Retrieved 17 Apryle 2019.
2. ↑ "2011 census: Ethnic group (detailed)". Office for National Statistics. Archived frae the original on 20 Mey 2018. Retrieved 19 Mey 2018. Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (help)
3. ↑ Office of National Statistics - Gazetteer of the old and new geographies of the United Kingdom, p48. URL accessed March 12, 2007.
4. ↑ Metropolitan Counties and Districts, Beginners' Guide to UK Geography, Office for National Statistics, September 17, 2004. URL accessed March 12, 2007.
5. ↑ North East England Counties, The Boundary Commission for England. URL accessed March 12, 2007.