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About The County of Dorset - Dorset has an approximate admin population of 402,000 and total area population of 702,000 (2005). Dorset pronounced 'DOR-sit' is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, situated in the south of the county. Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. Around half of Dorset's population live in South East Dorset conurbation. The rest of the county is largely rural with a relatively low population density. 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 Bournemouth, Poole, Weymouth, Swanage, and Lyme Regis.
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