J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional homeland of the Hobbits is called the Shire.
The Shire is a settled region in the north-west of Middle-earth. It is divided into areas including the Westfarthing, Eastfarthing, Northfarthing, and Southfarthing, with Hobbit communities, farms, lanes, and villages spread across the countryside.
Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins live in Hobbiton, one of the Shire’s best-known settlements. Other important locations include Michel Delving, the Shire’s chief town, and Buckland, which lies near the Brandywine River.
The Shire is not the whole of Middle-earth or a synonym for Hobbit society everywhere. Tolkien depicts it as a comparatively peaceful homeland whose residents are largely insulated from the wider conflicts of the Third Age. Its threatened way of life gives the return journey in The Lord of the Rings much of its emotional force.