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Dorset (pronounced 'DOR-sit' or, and sometimes in the past
called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England,
on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, situated
in the south of the county at 50°43'00?N, 02°26'00?W.
Between its extreme points Dorset measures 50 miles (80 km) from
east to west and 40 miles (64 km) north to south, and has an area
of 1,024 square miles (2,653 km²). Dorset borders Devon to
the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east,
and Hampshire to the east. The county is largely rural with a
relatively low population and population density. Dorset's motto
is 'Who's Afear'd'.
Dorset is famous for its beautiful coastline, the Jurassic Coast,
which features landforms such as Lulworth Cove, the Isle of Portland,
Chesil Beach and Durdle Door, as well as the holiday resorts of
Poole, Bournemouth, Weymouth, Swanage, West Bay and Lyme Regis.
Dorset is the setting of the novels of Thomas Hardy, who was born
near the county town of Dorchester. The county has a long history
of human settlement and some notable archaeology, including the
hill forts of Maiden Castle and Hod Hill.
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Abbotsbury, Ashley Heath, Beaminster, Bere Regis, Bishops Caundle,
Blandford Forum, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Bourton, Bransgore, Bridport,
Broadmayne, Broadstone, Broadwindsor, Buckland Newton, Burton Bradstock,
Cattistock, Cerne Abbas, Charminster, Charmouth, Chideock, Christchurch,
Church Knowle, Corfe Castle, Corfe Mullen, Corscombe, Donhead St
Andrew, Donhead St Mary, Dorchester, East Chaldon, East Knighton,
East Lulworth, East Morden, East Stour, Evershot, Ferndown, Gilliingham,
Gillingham, Godmanstone, Gussage All Saints, Halstock, Highcliffe,
Hinton St Mary, Horton, Hurn, Iwerne Courtney, Kingston, Langton
Herring, Langton Matravers, Leigh, Loders, Longham, Ludwell, Lulworth
Cove, Lyme Regis, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster, Maiden Newton,
Marshwood, Marshwood Vale, Martinstown, Milborne Port, Milton Abbas,
Mosterton, North Wootton, Organford, Osmington Mills, Owermoigne,
Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide, Plush, Poole, Portland, Poundbury,
Powerstock, Preston, Puddletown, Puncknowle, Ringwood, Rousham,
Shaftesbury, Shapwick, Sherborne, Shipton Gorge, Shroton, Sixpenny
Handley, Spetisbury, St Leonards, St. Leonards-On-Sea, Stalbridge,
Stoborough, Stoke Abbott, Stratton, Studland, Sturminster Marshall,
Sturminster Newton, Swanage, Sydling St Nicholas, Symondsbury, Tarrant
Monkton, Three Legged Cross, Tolpuddle, Trent, Upton, Verwood, Walkford,
Wareham, Warmwell, Waytown, West Knighton, West Lulworth, West Parley,
West Stafford, West Stour, Weymouth, Wimborne, Wimborne Minster,
Winkton, Winterborne Monkton, Winterborne Zelston, Winterbourne
Kingston, Winterbourne Stickland, Winterbourne Whitechurch, Wool
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