County of Gosport

Gosport is a county within the Hampshire province, situated on the south coast of northern Normandy. It has approximately 100,000 permanent residents with a further 15,000–20,000 during the summer months. It is part of the South Hampshire conurbation and lies on a peninsula on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour opposite the City of Portsmouth, to which it is linked by a pedestrian ferry. The town of Gosport is the only settlement in the small county.