Kennet
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| Kennet District | |
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 Shown within Wiltshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Wiltshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 28th 966.62 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Devizes |
| ONS code: | 46UB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 302nd 77,400 80 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.6% White |
| Politics | |
 Kennet District Council http://www.kennet.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
| Control: | Conservative |
| MP: | Michael Ancram (Devizes) |
Kennet is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. Its council is based in Devizes. It is named for the River Kennet.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Devizes, Marlborough, and Devizes Rural District, Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District and Pewsey Rural District.
It is covered by the Devizes parliamentary constituency.
| Districts of South West England | Image:Flag of England.svg |
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Bath and North East Somerset | Bournemouth | Bristol | Caradon | Carrick | Cheltenham | Christchurch | Cotswold | East Devon | East Dorset | Exeter | Forest of Dean | Gloucester | Isles of Scilly | Kennet | Kerrier | Mendip | Mid Devon | North Cornwall | North Devon | North Dorset | North Somerset | North Wiltshire | Penwith | Plymouth | Poole | Purbeck | Restormel | Salisbury | Sedgemoor | South Gloucestershire | South Hams | South Somerset | Stroud | Swindon | Taunton Deane | Teignbridge | Tewkesbury | Torbay | Torridge | West Devon | West Dorset | West Somerset | West Wiltshire | Weymouth and Portland | |
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Counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire |
