NORTH SOMERSET

North Somerset District
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Geography
Status:	Unitary district
Region:	South West England
Historic county:	Somerset
Ceremonial county:	Somerset
Area: - Total	Ranked 125th 374.68 km²
Admin. HQ:	Weston-super-Mare
ONS code:	00HC
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.6% White
Politics
North Somerset Council http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Liam Fox (C) John Penrose (C)

'North Somerset' is a unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare.
Between April 1 1974 and April 1 1996, it was the 'Woodspring' district of the county of Avon (named after Woodspring Priory, an isolated mediaeval church near the coast just north east of Weston-super-Mare). The district of Woodspring was formed from the municipal boroughs of Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon and Portishead urban districts, Long Ashton Rural District, and part of Axbridge Rural District.
North Somerset borders the local government areas of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and the non-metropolitan county of Somerset. North Somerset contains the parliamentary constituencies of Weston-super-Mare and Woodspring, although the latter will renamed North Somerset at the next general election.

Contents

Towns and villages

Geographical features

Religious buildings

Economy

References

External links

Towns and villages

★ Abbots Leigh,

★ Backwell, Banwell, Barrow Gurney, Blagdon, Bleadon, Bourton, Brockley, Burrington, Butcombe,

★ Chelvey, Christon, Churchill, Clapton in Gordano, Claverham, Clevedon, Cleeve, Congresbury

★ Downside, Dundry

★ East End, East Rolstone, Easton in Gordano

★ Failand, Farleigh, Felton, Flax Bourton

★ Ham Green, Hewish, Hutton

★ Icelton

★ Kenn, Kewstoke, Kingston Seymour

★ Leigh Woods, Locking, Long Ashton, Lower Langford, Lower Failand, Loxton, Lulsgate Bottom

★ Maiden Head, Milton

★ Nailsea, North End

★ Portishead

★ Pill, Portbury, Puxton

★ Redcliff Bay, Redhill, Regil, Rickford

★ Sandford, Sheepway, Sidcot, St Georges, St Mary's Grove

★ Tickenham

★ Uphill, Upper Town

★ Walton in Gordano, West Wick, West Hill, West End, West Town, Weston in Gordano, Weston-super-Mare, Wick St. Lawrence, Winford, Winscombe, Worle, Wraxall, Somerset, Wrington

★ Yatton

Geographical features

★ Brean Down Bristol Channel

★ Mendip Hills

★ Sand Bay and Sand Point

Religious buildings

★ St. Paul's Church, Kewstoke

★ Woodspring Priory

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of North and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire at current basic prices (pp.240-253) by ''Office for National Statistics'' with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
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Year	Regional Gross Value Added	Agriculture	Industry	Services
1995	'5,916'	125	1,919	3,872
2000	'8,788'	86	2,373	6,330
2003	'10,854'	67	2,873	7,914

Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

includes hunting and forestry

includes energy and construction

includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

References

1. Regional Gross Value Added

External links

★ North Somerset Council

★ Voluntary Action North Somerset