Original: Northamptonshire (or; archaically, the County of Northampton; abbreviated Northants. or N\/hants) is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census.
Simplified: Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or N 'hants) is a county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census).