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EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. It is the largest country on the British Isles. England’s terrain is chiefly low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north (for example, the Lake District and the Pennines) and in the west (for example, Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills). The capital is London, which has the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. England’s population of over 55 million comprises 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, largely concentrated around London, the South East, and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East, and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.

The flag of England is derived from Saint George’s Cross (heraldic blazon: Argent, a cross gules). The association of the Red Cross as an emblem of England can be traced back to the Middle Ages, and it was used as a component in the design of the Union Flag in 1606. Since the 1990s it has been in increasingly wide use, particularly at national sporting events. Saint George’s Cross, also called the Cross of Saint George, is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader. Associated with the crusades, the red-on-white cross has its origins in the 10th century. It was used as the ensign of the Republic of Genoa perhaps as early as during the 10th century. The symbol was adopted by the Swabian League in the pre-Reformation Holy Roman Empire. The red-on-white cross used extensively across Northern Italy as the symbol of Bologna, Padua, Reggio Emilia, Mantua, Vercelli, and Alessandria, is instead derived from another flag, called the “Cross of Saint Ambrose”, adopted by the Commune of Milan in 1045. Saint George became associated as the “patron saint” of England after the English Reformation. Since the early modern period (thanks to the English monarch who paid every year the rent to Doge of the Republic of Genoa), the Saint George cross came to be identified as the national flag of England. Saint George is the patron saint of Catalonia, Spain and also of the independent nation Georgia. The national flag of Georgia (2004) displays a combination of Saint George’s cross and the Jerusalem cross.

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EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. It is the largest country on the British Isles. England’s terrain is chiefly low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However, there is upland and mountainous terrain in the north (for example, the Lake District and the Pennines) and in the west (for example, Dartmoor and the Shropshire Hills). The capital is London, which has the largest metropolitan area in both the United Kingdom and the European Union. England’s population of over 55 million comprises 84% of the population of the United Kingdom, largely concentrated around London, the South East, and conurbations in the Midlands, the North West, the North East, and Yorkshire, which each developed as major industrial regions during the 19th century.

The flag of England is derived from Saint George’s Cross (heraldic blazon: Argent, a cross gules). The association of the Red Cross as an emblem of England can be traced back to the Middle Ages, and it was used as a component in the design of the Union Flag in 1606. Since the 1990s it has been in increasingly wide use, particularly at national sporting events. Saint George’s Cross, also called the Cross of Saint George, is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader. Associated with the crusades, the red-on-white cross has its origins in the 10th century. It was used as the ensign of the Republic of Genoa perhaps as early as during the 10th century. The symbol was adopted by the Swabian League in the pre-Reformation Holy Roman Empire. The red-on-white cross used extensively across Northern Italy as the symbol of Bologna, Padua, Reggio Emilia, Mantua, Vercelli, and Alessandria, is instead derived from another flag, called the “Cross of Saint Ambrose”, adopted by the Commune of Milan in 1045. Saint George became associated as the “patron saint” of England after the English Reformation. Since the early modern period (thanks to the English monarch who paid every year the rent to Doge of the Republic of Genoa), the Saint George cross came to be identified as the national flag of England. Saint George is the patron saint of Catalonia, Spain and also of the independent nation Georgia. The national flag of Georgia (2004) displays a combination of Saint George’s cross and the Jerusalem cross.

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