Cornwall (/ˈkÉ"Ë rnwÉ"Ë l,-wÉ™l/; Cornish: Kernow [ˈkÉ›rnÉ"ÊŠ]) is a
ceremonial county in South West England, bordered to the north and
west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to
the east by Devon, the River Tamar forming the border between them.
Cornwall is the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the
island of Great Britain. The southwesternmost point is Land's End and
the southernmost Lizard Point. Cornwall has a population of 568,210
and an area of 3,563 km2 (1,376 sq mi). The county has been
administered since 2009 by the unitary authority, Cornwall Council.
The ceremonial county of Cornwall also includes the Isles of Scilly,
which are administered separately. The administrative centre of
Cornwall is Truro, its only city.Cornwall is the homeland of the
Cornish people and the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish
diaspora. It retains a distinct cultural identity that reflects its
history, and is recognised as one of the Celtic nations. It was
formerly a Brythonic kingdom and subsequently a royal duchy. The
Cornish nationalist movement contests the present constitutional
status of Cornwall and seeks greater autonomy within the United
Kingdom in the form of a devolved legislative Cornish Assembly with
powers similar to those in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In
2014, Cornish people were granted minority status under the European
Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, giving
them recognition as a distinct ethnic group.Few Roman remains have
been found in Cornwall, and there is little evidence that the Romans
settled or had much military presence there. After the collapse of the
Roman Empire, Cornwall (along with Devon, parts of Dorset and
Somerset, and the Scilly Isles) was a part of the Brittonic kingdom of
Dumnonia, ruled by chieftains of the Cornovii who may have included
figures regarded as semi-historical or legendary, such as King Mark of
Cornwall and King Arthur, evidenced by folklore traditions derived
from the Historia Regum Britanniae. The Cornovii division of the
Dumnonii tribe were separated from their fellow Brythons of Wales
after the Battle of Deorham in 577 AD, and often came into conflict
with the expanding English kingdom of Wessex. The regions of Dumnonia
outside of Cornwall (and Dartmoor) had been annexed by the English by
838 AD. King Athelstan in 936 AD set the boundary between the English
and Cornish at the high water mark of the eastern bank of the River
Tamar. From the Early Middle Ages, language and culture were shared by
Brythons trading across both sides of the Channel, resulting in the
corresponding high medieval Breton kingdoms of Domnonée and
Cornouaille and the Celtic Christianity common to both areas. Cornwall Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter