North Somerset District
Geography
Status:	Unitary, District
Region:	South West England
Ceremonial County:	Somerset
Area: - Total	Ranked 125th 374.68 km²
Admin. HQ:	Weston-super-Mare
ONS code:	00HC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 73rd 189,492 506 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.6% White
Politics
North Somerset Council http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative + Liberal Democrats
MPs:	Brian Cotter, Liam Fox

North Somerset is a unitary authority in England, historically part of the county of Somerset but now administered independently. Between 1974 and April 1, 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the short-lived administrative county of Avon.

It borders the administrative counties of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset.

Towns and villages

• Abbots Leigh,
• Backwell, Banwell, Barrow Gurney, Blagdon, Bleadon, Bourton, Brockley, Burrington, Butcombe,
• Chelvey, Christon, Churchill, North Somerset, 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
• Nailsea
• Portishead
• Weston-super-Mare
• Milton
• North End
• 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, Wick St Lawrence, Winford, Winscombe, Worle, Wraxall, Wrington
• Yatton