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Tynedale District
Shown within Northumberland
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	North East England
Admin. County:	Northumberland
Area: - Total	Ranked 2nd 2,219.43 km�
Admin. HQ:	Hexham
ONS code:	35UF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 328th 59,200 27 / km�
Ethnicity:	99.3% White
Politics
Tynedale Council http://www.tynedale.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Peter Atkinson

Tynedale is a local government district in south-west Northumberland. It had a resident population of 58,808 according to Census 2001, and is named for the River Tyne. Its main towns are Hexham and Prudhoe. The district contains part of Hadrian's Wall.

With an area of 2,219km� it is the second largest English district, after the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is bigger than several English counties, including Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, and Hertfordshire.

External link

Statistics (http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/AreaProfileFrames.asp?aid=175723&hid=14&tid=13) about the Tynedale district from the Office of National Statistics Census 2001

Districts of England - North East England
Alnwick - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Blyth Valley - Castle Morpeth - Chester-le-Street - Darlington - Derwentside - Durham - Easington - Gateshead - Hartlepool - Middlesbrough - Newcastle upon Tyne - North Tyneside - Redcar and Cleveland - Sedgefield - South Tyneside - Stockton-on-Tees - Sunderland - Teesdale - Tynedale - Wansbeck - Wear Valley
1974 counties: Cleveland - County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear

Categories: Stub | Northumberland

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Job vacancies at Tynedale Council (0 words)
	Tynedale is the largest district in England and Wales covering an area of over 850 square miles with a population of 59,000.
	Tynedale Council is based in the ancient market town of Hexham, close to the World Heritage site of Hadrian's Wall, yet only 30 minutes from the region's cultural, entertainment and commercial capital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
	Tynedale is a high achieving council which takes pride in delivering high quality services to its community and it is an exciting and rewarding place to work.

Tynedale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (264 words)
	Tynedale is a local government district in south-west Northumberland, England.
	It had a resident population of 58,808 according to Census 2001, and is named for the River Tyne (and also the old Tynedale ward).
	Tynedale was historically a liberty created alongside Hexhamshire by Henry I of England.

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