Editing Derbyshire (section)

==Settlements==
{{Main|List of places in Derbyshire|List of settlements in Derbyshire by population}}
{{Location map+|Derbyshire
 |caption = The major settlements of Derbyshire.<br />[[File:Green pog.svg|12px]] A recently established (mid 1990s and onwards) [[New towns in the United Kingdom|new town]] type settlement, which continues to undergo planned expansion.<ref>{{cite web |author=Destination South Derbyshire |url=https://www.destinationsouthderbyshire.co.uk/invest/hilton/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJAhgVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfY3MCmBWEm3oaTvfSuvbqZRmmIEfODjFhdJTCZiNW12kSsW4o0Dht-DbA_aem_nBnJLHImwBM4FVzCQc1nmA |title=Hilton |publisher=destinationsouthderbyshire.co.uk |access-date=14 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=St. Modwen Homes |url=https://stmodwenhomes.co.uk/news/launching-phase-2-at-hilton-valley/ |title=Launching phase 2 at Hilton Valley |publisher=stmodwenhomes.co.uk |access-date=14 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Hilton Parish Council |url=https://www.hiltonparishcouncil.gov.uk/planning-applications-objections#:~:text=St%20Modwens%20(Hilton%20Valley)%20%2D,and%20Phase%202a%20in%20progress. |title=Planning applications |publisher=hiltonparishcouncil.gov.uk |access-date=14 March 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> &nbsp;– Green. 
 |float = right
 |width = 300
 |places = 
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = '''[[Derby]]'''
 |long = -1.475833
 |lat = 52.921944
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]]
 |long = -1.4275
 |lat = 53.235833
 |position=left
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Swadlincote]]
 |long = -1.557
 |lat = 52.774
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Glossop]]
 |long = -1.9489
 |lat = 53.4435
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Ilkeston]]
 |long = -1.31
 |lat = 52.97
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Ripley, Derbyshire|Ripley]]
 |long = -1.400
 |lat = 53.044
 |position=right
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Belper]]
 |long = -1.475
 |lat = 53.029
 |position=left
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Dronfield]]
 |long = -1.4664
 |lat = 53.3024
 |position=right
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Buxton]]
 |long = -1.911
 |lat = 53.259
 |position=right
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Clowne]]
 |long = -1.2685
 |lat = 53.2730
 |position=bottom
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Bolsover]]
 |long = -1.2875
 |lat = 53.2304
 |position=bottom
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Long Eaton|Long<br />Eaton]]
 |long = -1.271
 |lat = 52.899
 |position= right
 |background=white
}}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]]
 |long = -1.55
 |lat = 53.14
 |position=left
 |background = white
 }}
 {{Location map~|Derbyshire
 |label = [[Hilton, Derbyshire|Hilton]]
 |long = -1.636
 |lat = 52.877
 |position=left
 |mark=Green pog.svg
 |background = white
 }}
 }}
There are several towns in the county, with Derby the largest and most populous. At the time of the 2011 census, a population of 770,600 lived in the county with 248,752 (32%) living in Derby.

Although Derbyshire is officially part of the East Midlands statistical region, parts of the county are often considered to be culturally in [[Northern England]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Story – Rooost |url=https://www.rooost.co.uk/rooost-in-the-midlands/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=www.rooost.co.uk}}</ref> such as Chesterfield<ref>{{Cite web |title='The north starts in Chesterfield' – Are we northerners or southerners? Residents discuss |url=https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/the-north-starts-in-chesterfield-are-we-northerners-or-southerners-residents-discuss-4147440 |date=18 May 2023 |first=James |last=Salt |website=Derbyshire Times}}</ref> and Glossop.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glossop's creative placemaking collective launches Winter Story Trail |url=https://www.questmedianetwork.co.uk/news/glossop-chronicle/glossops-creative-placemaking-collective-launches-winter-story-trail/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Not Really Here Group |language=en}}</ref>

The table below shows all towns with over 10,000 inhabitants.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank||Town ||Population ||Borough/District ||Notes
|-
|1 ||[[Derby]] ||248,752 (2011)<ref name="Derby 2011">{{NOMIS2011|id=1946157129|title=Derby Local Authority |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ||[[City of Derby]] ||
|-
|2 ||[[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]] ||103,788 (2011)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1946157135|title=Chesterfield Local Authority|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ||[[Borough of Chesterfield|Chesterfield]] ||
|-
|3 ||[[Long Eaton]] ||45,000 ||[[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]] ||
|-
|4 ||[[Ilkeston]] ||38,640 (2011) ||[[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]] ||
|-
|5 ||[[Swadlincote]] ||36,000 (2004) ||[[South Derbyshire]] ||
|-
|6 ||[[Belper]] ||21,823 (2011)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170212697|title=Belper Parish|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ||[[Amber Valley]] ||Figure is for Belper civil parish, which includes [[Milford, Derbyshire|Milford]] and [[Blackbrook, Derbyshire|Blackbrook]]
|-
|7 ||[[Dronfield]] ||21,261 (2011)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170212892|title=Dronfield Parish|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ||[[North East Derbyshire]] ||Figure is for Dronfield civil parish, which includes [[Dronfield Woodhouse]] and [[Coal Aston]]
|-
|8 ||[[Buxton]] ||20,836 (2001) ||[[High Peak, Derbyshire|High Peak]] ||
|-
|9 ||[[Ripley, Derbyshire|Ripley]] ||20,807 (2011)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170212716|title=Ripley Parish|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ||[[Amber Valley]] ||Figure is for Ripley civil parish, which includes [[Heage]], [[Ambergate]] and [[Waingroves]]
|-
|10 ||[[Staveley, Derbyshire|Staveley]] ||18,247 (2011)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170212740|title=Staveley Parish|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ||[[Borough of Chesterfield|Chesterfield]]||Figure is for Staveley civil parish, which includes [[Mastin Moor]], [[Duckmanton]], [[Inkersall Green]] and [[Hollingwood]]
|-
|11 ||[[Glossop]] ||{{formatnum:{{#expr:4171+4748+1731+4727+2199}}}} (2011)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1237322595|title=Howard Town 2011 Census Ward|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170212704|title= Old Glossop 2011 Census Ward|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1237322589|title=Dinting 2011 Census Ward|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1237322603|title=Simmondley 2011 Census Ward|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1237322608|title=Whitfield 2011 Census Ward|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ||[[High Peak, Derbyshire|High Peak]] ||Figure is for the electoral wards of Howard Town, Old Glossop, Dinting, Simmondley and Whitfield.
|-
|12 ||[[Heanor]] ||17,251 (2011)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170212704|title=Heanor and Loscoe Parish|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ||[[Amber Valley]] ||Figure is for Heanor and Loscoe civil parish, which includes [[Loscoe]] but excludes Heanor Gate
|-
|13 ||[[Bolsover]] ||11,673 (2011)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170212732|title=Old Bolsover Parish|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ||[[Bolsover District|Bolsover]] ||Figure is for Old Bolsover civil parish, which includes [[Shuttlewood]], [[Stanfree]] and [[Whaley, Derbyshire|Whaley]], but excludes part of Hillstown.
|-
|14 ||[[Eckington, Derbyshire|Eckington]] ||11,855 (2011)<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170212732|title=Eckington Parish|fewer-links=y |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref> ||[[North East Derbyshire]] ||Figure is for Eckington civil parish, which includes [[Renishaw, Derbyshire|Renishaw]], [[Spinkhill]], [[Marsh Lane, Derbyshire|Marsh Lane]] and [[Ridgeway, Derbyshire|Ridgeway]].
|}

===Historic areas===
{{See also|List of places formerly in Derbyshire|List of county exclaves in England and Wales 1844–1974#Derbyshire}}
During a series of administrative boundary changes during the 20th century, settlements which were historically part of the county now fall under the administrative areas of [[Greater Manchester]], [[South Yorkshire]], and [[Staffordshire]]:

{|class="wikitable" style="border:0; text-align:left; line-height:150%;"
|-
! scope="row" |Cheshire/Greater Manchester
|[[Marple Bridge]], [[Mellor, Greater Manchester|Mellor]]
|-
! scope="row" |South Yorkshire
|[[Mosborough (ward)|Mosborough]], [[Totley]], [[Dore, South Yorkshire|Dore]]
|-
! scope="row" |Staffordshire
|[[Winshill]], [[Stapenhill]], [[Edingale]] (Part)
|}
Numerous other boundary changes also took place during the course of the 19th century, with county settlements being ceded to the counties of Staffordshire and Leicestershire