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Daventry District
Shown within Northamptonshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Northamptonshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 59th 665.61 km�
Admin. HQ:	Daventry
ONS code:	34UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 307th 73,521 110 / km�
Ethnicity:	98.0% White
Politics
Daventry District Council http://www.daventrydc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MPs:	Tim Boswell, Phil Sawford

The Daventry district is a large local government district of western Northamptonshire, England. Named after the town of Daventry which is the administrative headquarters and largest town, other significant settlements in the district include Brixworth, Long Buckby and Weedon Bec. Most of the district is rural and sparsely populated.

The district was formed in 1974, by a merger of the Daventry urban district and the Daventry and Brixworth rural districts

Settlements in Daventry district

Althorp Arthingworth Ashby St Ledgers
Badby Barby Boughton Braunston Brington Brixworth Brockhall Byfield
Canons Ashby Chapel Brampton Charwelton Church Brampton Clay Coton Clipston Cold Ashby Cottesbrooke Creaton Crick
Daventry Dodford Draughton
East Farndon East Haddon Elkington Everdon
Farthingstone Fawsley Flore
Great Brington Great Oxendon Guilsborough
Hanging Houghton Hannington Harlestone Haselbech Hellidon Holcot Holdenby Hollowell
Kelmarsh Kilsby
Lamport Lilbourne Little Brington Long Buckby Lower Catesby
Maidwell Marston Trussell Moulton
Naseby Newnham Norton
Old Overstone
Pitsford Preston Capes
Ravensthorpe
Scaldwell Sibbertoft Spratton Stanford Staverton Stowe Sulby
Teeton Thornby
Upper Catesby
Walgrave Watford Weedon Bec Welford Welton West Haddon Whilton Winwick Woodford Halse
Yelvertoft

Roman Settlement Bannaventa

Districts of England - East Midlands
Amber Valley \| Ashfield \| Bassetlaw \| Blaby \| Bolsover \| Boston \| Broxtowe \| Charnwood \| Chesterfield \| Corby \| Daventry \| Derby \| Derbyshire Dales \| East Lindsey \| East Northamptonshire \| Erewash \| Gedling \| Harborough \| High Peak \| Hinckley and Bosworth \| Kettering \| Leicester \| Lincoln \| Mansfield \| Melton \| Newark and Sherwood \| Northampton \| North East Derbyshire \| North Kesteven \| North West Leicestershire \| Nottingham \| Oadby and Wigston \| Rushcliffe \| Rutland \| South Derbyshire \| South Holland \| South Kesteven \| South Northamptonshire \| Wellingborough \| West Lindsey
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire

Categories: Northamptonshire

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Introduction (1010 words)
	As a result, Daventry District has attracted a diverse range of new and expanding companies, which are able to take advantage of the infrastructure and buoyant local economy.
	Daventry District has a higher representation than Northamptonshire, East Midlands or England and Wales of those who are self employed.
	Daventry District is marginally under-represented, however, among skilled trades (metal, electrical, construction, textiles, printing and other skilled trades) almost 4,200 people are employed.

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