North Somerset
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- North Somerset is a name used in the Watsonian vice-county system.
| 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 (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 69th 195,100 521 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.6% White |
| Politics | |
| North Somerset Council http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative / Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Liam Fox, John Penrose |
North Somerset is a unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county.
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). The district of Woodspring 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.
North Somerset borders the local government areas of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and the non-metropolitan county of Somerset, and contains the parliamentary constituencies of Woodspring and Weston-super-Mare.
Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Geographical Features
[edit] Religious buildings
[edit] 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.
| Year | Regional Gross Value Added | Agriculture | Industry | Services |
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| 1995 | 5,916 | 125 | 1,919 | 3,872 |
| 2000 | 8,788 | 86 | 2,373 | 6,330 |
| 2003 | 10,854 | 67 | 2,873 | 7,914 |
↑ includes hunting and forestry
↑ includes energy and construction
↑ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
↑ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
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Counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire |
