| South Somerset | |
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Shown within Somerset |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Non-metropolitan District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South West England is one of the Regions of England. It is the largest such region in terms of area and extends from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire to County: | Somerset |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 30th 959.04 km² |
| Admin. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county Surface area is the measure of how much exposed Area an object has This is a list of Districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of HQ: | Yeovil |
| ONS code: | 40UD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est. Yeovil (ˈjovɪl is a town in south Somerset, England, on the A30 and A37. The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating Census and other statistical data In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology ) - Density |
Ranked 105th 156,700 163 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics. 9% White |
| Politics | |
| South Somerset District Council http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrat |
| MPs: | David Heath, David Laws |
South Somerset is a local government district in Somerset, England. The pattern of local government in England is complex with the distribution of functions varying according to the local arrangements The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the Composition Graphical representation of the House of Commons This is a comparison of the party strengths in the British House of Commons This article is about the politician For the professional wrestler see David Heath (wrestler. David Anthony Laws (born 30 November 1965 is a politician in the United Kingdom. Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially ' shire districts', are a type of local government district in England. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Its council is based in Yeovil. Yeovil (ˈjovɪl is a town in south Somerset, England, on the A30 and A37.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, and was originally known as Yeovil, adopting its present name in 1985. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. It was formed by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Chard, Yeovil, along with Crewkerne and Ilminster urban districts and the Chard Rural District, Langport Rural District, Wincanton Rural District and Yeovil Rural District. Municipal boroughs were a type of Local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974 in Northern Ireland from 1840 to Chard is a town and Civil parish in the county Somerset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Devon border south west of Yeovil (ˈjovɪl is a town in south Somerset, England, on the A30 and A37. Crewkerne is a Town in Somerset, England, situated south west of Yeovil and east of Chard in the South Somerset district Ilminster is a country Town and Civil parish in the countryside of south west Somerset, England, with a population of 4781 In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of Local government district that covered an Urbanised area
The Council covers the whole of the Yeovil constituency, and part of Somerton and Frome. Yeovil is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Somerton and Frome is a Constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It is currently Liberal Democrat controlled, and has Beacon Council status. The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the
Its main towns include:
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