North Somerset
| North Somerset District | |
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| 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 (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 70th 191,439 511 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.6% White |
| Politics | |
| North Somerset Council http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative + Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Liam Fox, John Penrose |
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 | |
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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 | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cornwall – Devon – Dorset – Gloucestershire – Somerset – Wiltshire |
Categories: UK geography stubs | North Somerset | Local government in Somerset | Avon