North Somerset ( North Somerset ) is a unitary unit in the north of the ceremonial county of Somerset . The main and largest city of the unitary unit is Weston-super-Mare (population - 71 thousand people).
| North somerset | |
|---|---|
| English North somerset | |
| A country | Great Britain |
| Included in | Somerset |
| Adm. center | Weston super mayor |
| History and Geography | |
| Date of formation | April 1, 1996 |
| Square | 374.68 km² |
| Population | |
| Population | 208 154 people ( 2014 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| ISO 3166-2 Code | |
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History
It was formed on April 1, 1996 by converting the former non-metropolitan county of Avon into the ceremonial county of Somerset in the Woodspring district of Avon ( en: Local Government Commission for England (1992) ).
Geography
It covers an area of 374 km², is washed in the northwest by the Gulf of Bristol , in the northeast it borders with the ceremonial county of Bristol , in the southeast with the unitary unit of Bat and Northeast Somerset , in the south with the non-metropolitan county of Somerset .
Population
On the territory of the unitary unit of North Somerset, 188,564 people live, with an average population density of 504 people / km² (2001) [1] .
Composition
The district includes 4 cities:
- Clevedon
- Neilsey
- Portiched
- Weston super mayor
and 35 communities ( English civil parish ).
Policy
The North Somerset Unitary Council consists of 61 deputies elected in 36 constituencies [2] .
Sport
On the territory of the unitary unit of Somerset North, in the city of Weston-super-Mare , the semi-professional football club Weston-super-Mare , based in the 2010/2011 season at the Southern Conference, is based . Weston-super-Mayor accepts rivals at the Woodspring Stadium (3 thousand spectators).
Notes
- ↑ neighbors.statistics.gov.uk
- ↑ Councillors by ward (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment March 10, 2010. Archived on August 7, 2009.