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Mid Devon District
Shown within Devon
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Devon
Area: - Total	Ranked 33rd 912.94 km�
Admin. HQ:	Tiverton
ONS code:	18UD
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 311th 70,687 77 / km�
Ethnicity:	99.2% White
Politics
Mid Devon District Council http://www.middevon.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Independent
MPs:	Nick Harvey, Angela Browning

Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Tiverton.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Tiverton and Crediton urban district together with Tiverton Rural District, and Crediton Rural District. It was originally called the Tiverton district, and was renamed in 1978.

Districts of England - 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
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire

Categories: Stub | Devon

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