East of England Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area Ranked 41st 1,235 km 2 (477 sq mi) Ranked 34th 1,192 km 2 (460 sq mi) <tr><th>Admin HQ</th><td class="label"> Bedford </td></tr><tr><th> ISO 3166-2 </th><td>GB-BDF</td></tr> ONS code 09 NUTS 3 UKH22 Demography Population - Total (2006 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop. Ranked 36th