COTSWOLD (DISTRICT)

Cotswold District
Cotswold ''Shown within 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 () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
Cotswold District Council http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:
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.