KENNET (DISTRICT)

Kennet District
Kennet ''Shown within Wiltshire''
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Wiltshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 28th 966.62 km²
Admin. HQ:	Devizes
ONS code:	46UB
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.6% White
Politics
Arms of Kennet District Council Kennet District Council http://www.kennet.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:
MP:	Michael Ancram (Devizes)

'Kennet' is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. Its council is based in Devizes. It is named after the River Kennet.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Devizes, Marlborough, and Devizes Rural District, Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District and Pewsey Rural District.
It contains the Devizes parliamentary constituency.
In July 2007, it was announced that Kennet District is to merge with North Wilts Council, West Wilts Council and Salisbury Council to form a Unitary Authority covering the whole of Wiltshire excluding the Swindon Unitary Authority.

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See also

See also

★ Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, which is completely unrelated to this District.