Cotswold (district)

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Cotswold District
Shown within the administrative county of Gloucestershire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Gloucestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 16th 1,164.52 km²
Admin. HQ:	Cirencester
ONS code:	23UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 282nd 83,200 71 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
Cotswold District Council http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire in England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region. Its main town is Cirencester.

It was formed on April 1, 1974, by the merger of the urban district of Cirencester with Cirencester Rural District, North Cotswold Rural District, Northleach Rural District and Tetbury Rural District.

v • d • e Ceremonial county of Gloucestershire

Unitary authorities	South Gloucestershire

Boroughs or districts	Cheltenham \| Cotswold \| Forest of Dean \| Gloucester \| Stroud \| Tewkesbury

Cities and towns	Gloucester \| Tewkesbury \| Cheltenham \| Stroud \| Kingswood \| Lydney \| Cirencester See also: List of civil parishes in Gloucestershire

Rivers	Bristol Avon \| Warwickshire Avon \| Bybrook \| Cam \| Chelt \| Churn \| Coln \| Evenlode \| Bristol Frome \| Stroud From \| Leach \| Little Avon \| Lyd \| Eye \| Severn \| Swilgate \| Thames \| Trym \| Windrush \| Wye

Topics	History