North Wiltshire
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North Wiltshire District | |
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![]() Shown within Wiltshire |
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Geography | |
Status: | District |
Region: | South West England |
Admin. County: | Wiltshire |
Area: - Total |
Ranked 48th 767.68 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Chippenham |
ONS code: | 46UC |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 144th 129,400 169 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 98.2% White |
Politics | |
![]() North Wiltshire District Council http://www.northwilts.gov.uk/ |
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Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
Executive: | Liberal Democrats / Labour |
MPs: | James Gray (North Wiltshire) |
North Wiltshire is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. Its council is based in Chippenham.
It shares its name with the North Wiltshire parliamentary constituency, which has similar, but not identical, boundaries.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury along with Calne and Chippenham Rural District, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural District and Malmesbury Rural District.
Districts of South West England | ![]() |
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 |