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County in central England area 2,550 sq
km/984 sq mi towns administrative
headquarters Leicester; Loughborough, Melton
Mowbray, Market Harborough features Rutland
district (formerly England's smallest county,
with Oakham as its county town); Rutland
Water, one of Europe's largest reservoirs;
Charnwood Forest; Vale of Belvoir (under
which are large coal deposits) products
horses, cattle, sheep, dairy products, coal
population (1987) 879,000 famous people C P
Snow.