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North Somerset District

Geography
Status:	Unitary, District
Region:	South West England
Ceremonial County:	Somerset
Area: - Total	Ranked 125th 374.68 km�
Admin. HQ:	Weston-super-Mare
ONS code:	00HC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 73rd 189,492 506 / km�
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

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 | North Somerset | Avon

Results from FactBites:

Woodspring (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (171 words)
	Woodspring is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
	The constituency contains the northern and eastern parts of the North Somerset unitary authority (formerly the Woodspring district of the County of Avon, and roughly the same area as the ancient Hundred of Portbury).
	The Woodspring constituency will be renamed "North Somerset" at the next general election, however the unitary authority of North Somerset also encompasses the Weston-Super-Mare constituency.

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