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North Somerset

North Somerset District
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Geography
Status:Unitary district
Region:South West England
Traditional county:Somerset
Ceremonial county:Somerset
Area:
- Total
Ranked 125th
374.68 km²
Admin. HQ:Weston-super-Mare
ONS code:00HC
Demographics
Population:
- Total ()
- Density
Ranked

/ km²
Ethnicity:98.6% White
Politics
North Somerset Council
http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk
Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:Liam Fox, John Penrose
WestonTownHall.jpg

Weston-super-Mare town hall, the administrative HQ.

North Somerset is a unitary authority in England, historically part of the county of Somerset but now administered independently. Between 1974 and April 1, 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the county of Avon (named after Woodspring Priory, an isolated mediaeval church near the coast just north of Weston-super-Mare).

It borders the local government areas of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset, and contains the parliamentary constituencies of Woodspring and Weston-super-Mare.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 from the municipal borough of Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon and Portishead urban districts, Long Ashton Rural District, and part of Axbridge Rural District.

Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare.

Towns and villages

*Abbots Leigh,
*Backwell, Banwell, Barrow Gurney, Blagdon, Bleadon, Bourton, Brockley, Burrington, Butcombe,
* Chelvey, Christon, Churchill, Clapton in Gordano, Claverham, Clevedon, Cleeve, Congresbury
*Downside, Dundry
*East End, East Rolstone, Easton in Gordano
*Failand, Farleigh, Felton, Flax Bourton
*Ham Green, Hewish, Hutton
*Icelton
*Kenn, Kewstoke, Kingston Seymour
*Leigh Woods, Locking, Long Ashton, Lower Langford, Lower Failand, Loxton, Lulsgate Bottom
*Maiden Head, Milton
*Nailsea, North End
*Portishead
*Pill, Portbury, Puxton
*Redcliff Bay, Redhill, Regil, Rickford
*Sandford, Sheepway, Sidcot, St George's, St Mary's Grove
*Tickenham
*Uphill, Upper Town
*Walton in Gordano, West Wick, West Hill, West End, West Town, Weston in Gordano, Weston-super-Mare, Wick St Lawrence, Winford, Winscombe, Woolley, Worle, Wraxall, Wrington
*Yatton

Geographical Features

*Brean Down Bristol Channel
*Mendip Hills
*Sand Bay Sand Point

Religious buildings

*St. Paul's Church, Kewstoke
*Woodspring Priory

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of North and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
AgricultureIndustryServices
19955,9161251,9193,872
20008,788862,3736,330
200310,854672,8737,914
includes hunting and forestry

includes energy and construction

includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

External links

*BBC Somerset



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