North Cornwall
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| North Cornwall District | |
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Image:UK englandnorthcornwall.png Shown within UK and Cornwall | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Cornwall |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 14th 1,195.17 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Wadebridge & Bodmin |
| ONS code: | 15UE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 279th 84,100 70 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.1% White |
| Politics | |
| North Cornwall District Council http://www.ncdc.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
| Control: | Independent / Conservative |
| MPs: | Colin Breed, Dan Rogerson |
North Cornwall is the largest of the six local government districts of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Wadebridge. Other places include Bude, Bodmin, Launceston, Padstow, and Camelford.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by a merger of the boroughs of Bodmin and Launceston, along with Bude-Stratton urban district and Camelford Rural District, Launceston Rural District, Stratton Rural District and Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District.
North Cornwall is an area of outstanding natural beauty that is of important geological and scientific interest. It is the only part part of Cornwall that is made of carboniferous sandstone.
A similar area is covered by the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency.
[edit] Parishes of North Cornwall
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- North Cornwall Guide and Directory
- North Cornwall Focus and Forum
- North Cornwall Town and Village Guide
- North Cornwall District Council
- Postcards of North East Cornwall
Districts: Penwith | Kerrier | Carrick | Caradon | North Cornwall Boroughs: Restormel Unitary authorities: Isles of Scilly
Main Settlements: Bodmin | Bude | Camborne | Falmouth | Hayle | Helston | Launceston | Liskeard | Newquay | Penzance | Redruth | Saltash | St Austell | St Ives | Truro | Wadebridge
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| 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 |
