Devon
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#Devon
#Non-metropolitan_counties
#Geological_type_localities
#West_Country
#Ceremonial_counties_of_England
#Counties_in_South_West_England
#Counties_of_England_established_in_antiquity
Devon （/ˈdɛvən/, archaically known as Devonshire） is a county in South West England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.
It is bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the north-east and Dorset to the east.
The city of Exeter is the county town.
The county includes the districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge and West Devon.
Plymouth and Torbay are each geographically part of Devon, but are administered as unitary authorities.
Combined as a ceremonial county, Devon's area is 6,707 km2 （2,590 square miles） and its population is about 1.
2 million.
Devon derives its name from Dumnonia （the shift from m to v is a typical Celtic consonant shift）.
During the British Iron Age, Roman Britain and the early Middle Ages, this was the homeland of the Dumnonii Brittonic Celts.
The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain resulted in the partial assimilation of Dumnonia into the Kingdom of Wessex during the eighth and ninth centuries.
The western boundary with Cornwall was set at the River Tamar by King Æthelstan in 936.
Devon was later constituted as a shire of the Kingdom of England.
The north and south coasts of Devon each have both cliffs and sandy shores, and the county's bays contain seaside resorts, fishing towns and ports.
The inland terrain is rural, generally hilly and has a lower population density than many other parts of England.
Dartmoor is the largest open space in southern England, at 954 km2 （368 square miles）; its moorland extends across a large expanse of granite bedrock.
To the north of Dartmoor are the Culm Measures and Exmoor.
In the valleys and lowlands of south and east Devon the soil is more fertile, drained by...