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Sussex is a historic county and cultural region in the south of England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, north-east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove. The city of Brighton & Hove was created a unitary authority in 1997, and was granted City status in 2000. Until then Chichester had been Sussex's only city. Sussex encompasses approximately . It is long and is between and wide. For comparison, Sussex is slightly larger than the English county of Cornwall or 50 per cent larger than Luxembourg. Sussex has a population of about 1.6 million,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Census 2011 result shows increase in population of the South East )〕〔Combined population of local authority areas of Brighton and Hove (273,400), East Sussex, (527,200) and West Sussex (808,900)〕 about the same as the US state of Idaho and about three times the population of Cornwall. Sussex has three main geographic sub-regions, each orientated approximately east to west. In the south-west of the county lies the fertile and densely populated coastal plain. North of this lie the rolling chalk hills of the South Downs, beyond which lies the well-wooded Sussex Weald. ==Climate== The coastal resorts of Sussex and neighbouring Hampshire are the sunniest places in the United Kingdom.〔 The coast has consistently more sunshine than the inland areas: sea breezes, blowing off the sea, tend to clear any cloud from the coast.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Weather and Climate in Sussex )〕 Most of Sussex lies in Hardiness zone 8; the exception is the coastal plain west of Brighton which lies in the milder zone 9. Rainfall is below average with the heaviest precipitation on the South Downs with 950mm (37 in) of rainfall per year.〔 The close proximity of Sussex to the Continent of Europe, results in cold spells in winter and hot, humid weather in summer.〔 The climate of the coastal districts is strongly influenced by the sea, which, because of its tendency to warm up slower than land, can result in cooler temperatures than inland in the summer. In the autumn months, the coast sometimes has higher temperatures.〔 Rainfall during the summer months is mainly from thunderstorms and thundery showers; from January to March the heavier rainfall is due to prevailing south-westerly frontal systems.〔 In winter the east winds can be as cold as further inland.〔 Selsey is known as a tornado hotspot, with small tornadoes hitting the town in 1986, 1998 and 2000,〔 with the 1998 tornado causing an estimated £10 million of damage to 1000 buildings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Southern England: climate )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geography of Sussex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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