North Kesteven
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| North Kesteven District | |
 Shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire |
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| Geography | |
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| Status: | District |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Lincolnshire |
| Area: Total: |
Ranked 32nd 922.44 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Sleaford |
| ONS code: | 32UE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: Total (2006 est.): Density: |
Ranked 217th 103,200 112 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.9% White |
| Politics | |
North Kesteven District Council http://www.n-kesteven.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Douglas Hogg, Gillian Merron |
North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Sleaford.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the previous urban district of Sleaford, along with East Kesteven Rural District and North Kesteven Rural District, all from the administrative county of Kesteven.
North Kesteven borders West Lindsey and the city of Lincoln to the north, East Lindsey to the north-east, Boston (borough) to the east, South Holland to the south-east, South Kesteven to the south, and the county of Nottinghamshire to the west.
[edit] Demographics
At the 2001 census, there were 94,024 citizens in the district. Of all districts in Lincolnshire, it contains the highest proportion of married people and the least number of divorced people.
[edit] Education
The district has comprehensive schools in North Hykeham, Branston and Welbourn. The area around Sleaford (including Ruskington) has selective schools. In 2007, the district had the third best results in the county at GCSE. The Kesteven and Sleaford High School gets much better results than the male grammar school. The best comprehensive is Branston Community College.
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