Coordinates: 50°42′N 3°48′W / 50.7°N 3.8°W / 50.7; -3.8

Devon ( /ˈdɛvən/) is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although it has never been officially "shired" and that use often indicates a traditional or historical context. Nowadays, "Devonshire" is mostly a demonym.

The county shares borders with Cornwall to the west and Dorset and Somerset to the east. Its southern coast abuts the English Channel and its northern coast the Bristol Channel and Celtic Sea. The name "Devon" derives from the ancient Dumnonia, which was home to the independent kingdom of Brythonic Celtic speaking people who inhabited this area of the southwestern peninsula of Britain continuously from through the Roman era until partial absorption into the English-speaking Kingdom of Wessex some time in the eighth or ninth century, with some emigration to the sister Kingdom of Domnonee in Brittany taking place.

Devon is the fourth largest of the English counties by area and has a population of 1,141,600 making it the 11th most populous. The county town is the cathedral city of Exeter. In addition to Devon County Council, the county contains two unitary authorities (independent from Devon County Council's control): the port city of Plymouth and Torbay, a conurbation of seaside resorts. Plymouth is also the largest city in Devon. Much of the county is rural (including national park) land, with a low population density by British standards. It contains Dartmoor 954 km² (368 sq mi), the largest open space in southern England. It is the only English county to have two separate coastlines – a north and southern coastline.

DeVon Michael Hardin (born September 7, 1986 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional basketball player. A 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), 250 lb (110 kg; 18 st) center, he currently plays with Elitzur Yavne.

Hardin played at Newark Memorial High School in Newark, CA. He averaged 12.9 ppg, 11.4 rpg and 4.4 bpg as a senior at Newark Memorial HS, earning first-team All-Metro honors from the San Francisco Chronicle

Hardin attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he played all of his four collegiate seasons for the Golden Bears and majored in social welfare. He declared for the 2007 NBA Draft, but withdrew his name shortly before the event.

Hardin was selected 50th overall in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics, but did not make the team. In January 2009, he joined Greek first division club Egaleo AO, as a replacement for Andrae Patterson. Hardin had recently been released by Turkish team Mersin BB, after failing to properly recover from a stress fracture on his right foot.