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O Sussex é um dos condados históricos da Inglaterra, [1] correspondendo sensivelmente à área do antigo reino anglo-saxão do mesmo nome. Seu nome deriva do inglês antigo Sūþsēaxe (South Saxons) que significa saxões do sul.
- Henrique, Duque de Sussex
Henrique, Duque de Sussex (Henrique Carlos Alberto Daví, em...
- Henrique, Duque de Sussex
Sussex (/ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English Sūþsēaxe; lit. 'South Saxons') is an area within South East England which was historically a kingdom and, later, a county. It includes the ceremonial counties of East Sussex and West Sussex.
Sussex / ˈsʌsɪks /, from the Old English 'Sūþsēaxe' (' South Saxons '), is a historic county in South East England . Evidence from a fossil of Boxgrove Man ( Homo heidelbergensis) shows that Sussex has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years. It is thought to be the oldest human fossil ever discovered in Britain.
Henrique, Duque de Sussex (Henrique Carlos Alberto Daví, em inglês: Henry Charles Albert David; Londres,15 de setembro de 1984) é um membro da família real britânica por ser filho do rei Carlos III e de sua primeira esposa, Diana, Princesa de Gales.
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The name Sussex, derived from the Old English 'Sūþsēaxe' ('South Saxons'), dates from the Saxon period between AD 477 to 1066, and the history of human habitation in Sussex goes back to the Old Stone Age. The oldest hominin remains known in Britain were found at Eartham Pit, Boxgrove. Prehistoric monuments include the Devil's Jumps, a group of Bron...
Most settlements in West Sussex are either along the south coast or in Mid Sussex, near the M23/A23 corridor. The town of Crawley is the largest in the county with an estimated population of 106,600. The coastal settlement of Worthing closely follows with a population of 104,600. The seaside resort of Bognor Regis and the market town of Horsham are...
Physical geography
West Sussex is bordered by Hampshire to the west, Surrey to the north and East Sussex to the east. The English Channel lies to the south. The area has been formed from Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous rock strata, part of the Weald–Artois Anticline. The eastern part of this ridge, the Weald of Kent, Sussex and Surrey has been greatly eroded, with the chalk surface removed to expose older Lower Cretaceous rocks of the Wealden Group. In West Sussex the exposed rock becomes older towards the...
Climate
West Sussex is the sunniest county in the United Kingdom, according to Met Office records. Over the 29 years to 2011 it averaged 1902 hours of sunshine per year. Sunshine totals are highest near the coast with Bognor Regis often having the highest in mainland England, including a total of 2237 hours in 1990. Mean annual temperature for southern coastal counties is around 11 °C. The coldest month, January, has mean daily minimum temperatures of around 3 °C near the coast and lower inland. July...
West Sussex developed distinctive land uses along with its neighbours in the weald. The Landrace cattle transformed into Sussex cattle and Sussex chickens emerged about the time of the Roman conquest. Some of the earliest evidence of horses in Britain has been found at Boxgrove, dated to 500,000 BC. Viticulture is a part of the economy, with wineri...
The M23 Motorway runs from London to the south of Crawley. The A23 and A24 roads run from London to Brighton and Worthing respectively with the A29 a little further west ending in Bognor Regis. Other major roads are the A272 which runs east to west through the middle of the county and the A27 which does the same but closer to the coast. The A259is ...
Members of Parliament
Since the 2024 general election, West Sussex has been represented by three Conservative, Three Labour and two Liberal Democrat Members of Parliament(MPs).
County Council
West Sussex County Council (WSCC) is the authority that governs the non-metropolitan county of West Sussex. The county contains 7 district and borough councils (Adur, Arun, Chichester, Crawley, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing), and 159 town, parish and neighbourhood councils. West Sussex County Council has 70 councillors; the majority of them being Conservative. There are 46 Conservative councillors, 11 Liberal Democrats, 9 Labour Party councillors and 4 Green and Independent Alliance counci...
West Sussex Youth Cabinet
The West Sussex Youth Cabinet is a group of local representatives and four UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) representatives, who are elected by young people in West Sussex. The Youth Cabinet represents the views of the young people West Sussex at county level. Elections for the Youth Cabinet and UKYP in West Sussex run every year in March.[citation needed]
Nature and zoos
1. Chichester Harbour 2. Pagham Harbour– A protected area of wetland that is an important feeding ground for birds. 3. RSPB Pulborough Brooks 4. Selsey Bill 5. South Downs Way – a long distance footpath 6. Stansted Park 7. St Leonard's Forest 8. Tilgate Park 9. Wakehurst Place 10. Warnham Local Nature Reserve, a 92-acre site with visitor centre 11. WWT Arundel (a nature reserve of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust)
Castles, houses and other buildings
1. Arundel Castle 2. BarnhamWindmill 3. Bramber Castle 4. Christ's Hospital, an old charitable school notable for its archaic uniforms and picturesque campus. 5. Goodwood House and Goodwood Motor Circuit 6. High Salvington windmill 7. Hurstpierpoint College, a public school, notable for its substantial Sussex flint buildings and large campus. 8. Lancing College, a public school, notable for its substantial Sussex sandstone chapel and large campus. 9. Seaford College, a public school known for...
Religious buildings
The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, otherwise called Chichester Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester. It was founded as a cathedral in 1075, when the seat of the bishop was moved from Selsey Abbey. The cathedral has architecture in both the Norman and the Gothic styles, and has been called by the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner "the most typical English Cathedral". The Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard in Arundel is the Roman Catholic cath...
BBC South covers the county excluding Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, East Grinstead and Shoreham-by-Sea which are covered by BBC South East. ITV Meridian also covers the county. Crawley is covered by both regions and by BBC London and ITV London.
This is a table of trend of regional gross value added of West Sussex at current basic prices published by Office for National Statisticswith figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling. Significant companies in the county include Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a substantial employer near Chichester. Gatwick Airport, with associated airlines including ...
West Sussex has a comprehensive education system, with a mix of county-maintained secondary schools and academies and over twenty independent senior schools. In addition primary education is provided through a mix of around 240 infant, junior, primary, first and middleschools. Colleges include The College of Richard Collyer, Central Sussex College,...
O Sussex é um dos condados históricos da Inglaterra, correspondendo sensivelmente à área do antigo reino anglo-saxão do mesmo nome. Seu nome deriva do inglês antigo Sūþsēaxe que significa saxões do sul.
The University of Sussex is a public research university located in Falmer, East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove. Its large campus site is surrounded by the South Downs National Park, and provides convenient access to central Brighton 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) away.
