South Northamptonshire
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| South Northamptonshire District | |
 Shown within Northamptonshire |
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| Geography | |
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| Status: | District |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Northamptonshire |
| Area: Total: |
Ranked 68th 634.02 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Towcester |
| ONS code: | 34UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: Total (2006 est.): Density: |
Ranked 264th 88,800 140 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.4% White |
| Politics | |
| South Northamptonshire District Council http://www.southnorthants.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Tim Boswell, Brian Binley |
South Northamptonshire is a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is based in Towcester.
The district is rural and sparsely populated with just over 80,000 people in 2000[1]. The largest town in the district is Brackley, which has a population of 13,000, followed by Towcester which has a population of nearly 9,000. Other significant places include Middleton Cheney.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the municipal borough of Brackley, along with Brackley Rural District, Towcester Rural District, and part of Northampton Rural District.
[edit] Settlements and parishes
For a complete list for Northamptonshire see List of places in Northamptonshire
- Abthorpe, Adstone, Ashton, Aston le Walls, Aynho
- Blakesley, Blisworth, Boddington, Brackley, Bradden, Brafield-on-the-Green, Bugbrooke
- Castle Ashby, Chacombe, Charlton, Chipping Warden, Cogenhoe, Cold Higham, Cosgrove, Courteenhall, Croughton, Culworth
- Deanshanger, Denton
- Easton Neston, Edgcote, Evenley, Eydon
- Farthinghoe
- Gayton, Grafton Regis, Grange Park, Greatworth, Greens Norton
- Hackleton, Harpole, Hartwell, Helmdon, Hinton-in-the Hedges
- Kings Sutton, Kislingbury
- Litchborough, Little Houghton
- Maidford, Marston St Lawrence, Middleton Cheney, Milton Malsor, Moreton Pinkney
- Nether Heyford, Newbottle
- Old Stratford, Overthorpe
- Pattishall, Paulerspury, Potterspury
- Quinton
- Radstone, Roade, Rothersthorpe
- Shutlanger, Silverstone, Slapton, Stoke Bruerne, Sulgrave, Syresham
- Thenford, Thorpe Mandeville, Tiffield, Towcester
- Upper Heyford
- Wappenham, Warkworth, Weedon Lois, Weston, Whiston, Whitfield, Whittlebury, Wicken, Woodend
- Yardley Gobion, Yardley Hastings
[edit] References
- ^ A Vision of Britain - extensive local statistical data. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
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