Mendip
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| Mendip District | |
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 Shown within Somerset |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Somerset |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 51st 739.44 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Shepton Mallet |
| ONS code: | 40UB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 204th 107,300 145 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.8% White |
| Politics | |
| Mendip District Council http://www.mendip.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | David Heath, David Heathcoat-Amory |
- Mendip is also a shortened name for The Mendip Hills, from which this district takes its name.
Mendip is a local government district of Somerset in England. It covers an area of land ranging from the Mendip Hills through on to the Somerset Levels.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Glastonbury and Wells, along with Frome, Shepton Mallet, Street urban districts, and Frome Rural District, Shepton Mallet Rural District, Wells Rural District, and part of Axbridge Rural District and part of Clutton Rural District.
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