Devon

Devon is a county in south-west England with extensive rural areas, coastal towns and the city of Exeter. Its settlements serve different economic roles: Exeter is a centre for research, public services and transport, while smaller towns connect surrounding rural communities with jobs and services. The county includes parts of Dartmoor and the Jurassic Coast. [Devon County Council](https://www.Devon.GOV.UK/wp-content/uploads/sites/132/2015/07/LEA-2015.pdf)

The University of Exeter and Exeter Science Park form part of its research base. Tourism and leisure businesses serve visitors along the coast and around protected countryside. Connections with Plymouth also shape employment in the south-west of the county, although Plymouth has its own local authority. Those varied settings make Devon a collection of local economies rather than a single industrial centre. [Economic geography](https://www.Devon.GOV.UK/wp-content/uploads/sites/132/2015/07/LEA-2015.pdf)