Taunton Deane

Taunton Deane
Shown within Somerset
Geography
Status:	Non-metropolitan district
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Somerset
Area: - Total	Ranked 107th 462.36 km²
Admin. HQ:	Taunton
ONS code:	40UE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 207th 107,400 232 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.4% White
Politics
Taunton Deane Borough Council http://www.tauntondeane.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Liberal Democrat (council NOC)
MP:	Jeremy Browne

Taunton Deane is a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council is based in Taunton.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal borough of Taunton, Wellington urban district, Taunton Rural District, and Wellington Rural District.

The district was given the name of an alternate form of the Taunton hundred.

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