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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Falmer</span> Village near Brighton, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wealden District</span> District in East Sussex, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Isfield</span> Village in East Sussex, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Falmer railway station</span> Railway station in East Sussex, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Geography of Sussex</span> Overview of the geography of Sussex

Sussex is a historic county and cultural region in the south of England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, north-east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove. The city of Brighton & Hove was created a unitary authority in 1997, and was granted City status in 2000. Until then Chichester had been Sussex's only city. By convention, Chichester is Sussex's capital city and Lewes is Sussex's county town.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brighton & Hove Bus Regency Route</span>

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Healthcare in Sussex was the responsibility of seven Clinical Commissioning Groups covering: Brighton and Hove; Coastal West Sussex; Horsham and Mid Sussex; Crawley; Eastbourne Hailsham and Seaford; Hastings and Rother; High Weald; and Lewes-Havens from 2013 to 2020. From April 2020 they were merged into three covering East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove. In 2021 the three Sussex CCGs were merged into one, Sussex CCG. In 2022 Sussex CCG transitioned into an Integrated Care Board or ICB.

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  12. ↑ includes energy and construction
  13. ↑ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
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East Sussex
Ceremonial county
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The Seven Sisters cliffs, Mountfield church in the Weald, and the Royal Pavilion, Brighton
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Coordinates: 50°56′N0°22′E / 50.94°N 0.37°E / 50.94; 0.37
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region South East England
Established
Time zone UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of Parliament
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant Peter Field (2008–) [1]
High Sheriff Andrew Blackman [2] (2020–21)
Area1,792 km2 (692 sq mi)
 • Ranked 33rd of 48
Population (2021)844,985
 • Ranked 29th of 48
Density472/km2 (1,220/sq mi)
Ethnicity
  • 97.7% White
  • 1.0% S. Asian
Neighbouring counties
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