South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire
status	Unitary Authority , District
region	South West England
Ceremony county	Gloucestershire
Trad. county	Gloucestershire
Administrative headquarters	Yate
surface	496.94 km²
Residents	282,644
was standing	June 30, 2018
ISO-3166-2	GB-SGC
ONS code	00HD
GSS code	E06000025
Website	www.southglos.gov.uk

South Gloucestershire is an independent administrative unit ( Unitary Authority ) in south-west England .

history

The unitary authority was created in 1996 when the county County of Avon was abolished and its districts Kingswood and Northavon were combined into South Gloucestershire. South Gloucestershire borders Bristol , Bath and North East Somerset , Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and is part of the South West England region . The administrative headquarters are in Thornbury .

Before the area of ​​South Gloucestershire was incorporated into the newly formed County of Avon in 1974, it was part of the county of Gloucestershire. Today, South Gloucestershire is administratively independent and only belongs to Gloucestershire on ceremonial occasions.

Major cities in South Gloucestershire

• Bradley Stoke
• Filton
• Kingswood
• Thornbury
• Yate

Other cities and villages

• Abson , Acton Turville , Almondsbury , Alveston , Aust , Awkley
• Badminton , Bagstone , Bitton , Bridgeyate
• Cadbury Heath , Catbrain , Charfield , Chipping Sodbury , Churchend , Coalpit Heath , Codrington , Cold Ashton , Cowhill , Cromhall
• Dodington , Downend , Doynton , Duckhole , Dyrham
• Easter Compton , Elberton , Engine Common
• Falfield , Frampton Cotterel
• Gaunt's Earthcott
• Hawkesbury , Hawkesbury Upton , Hill , Hillesley , Halls , Hambrook , Hanham , Harry Stoke , Hinton , Horton
• Ingst , Iron Acton , Itchington
• Latteridge , Little Badminton , Little Sodbury , Little Stoke , Littleton-upon-Severn , Longwell Green
• Marshfield , Milbury Heath , Upper and Lower Morton
• Nibley , Northwick
• Oldbury Naite , Oldbury-upon-Severn , Old Down , Oldland , Old Sodbury , Olveston , Over
• Patchway , Pilning , Pucklechurch
• Rangeworthy , Redwick , Rockhampton , Rudgeway
• Severn Beach , Shepperdine , Siston , Soundwell , Stoke Gifford
• Tockington , Tormarton , Tortworth , Tresham , Tytherington
• Upton Cheyney
• Wapley , Warmley , West Littleton , Westerleigh , Whitfield , Wick , Wickwar , Winterbourne

Web links

Commons : South Gloucestershire  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Population of England and Wales on June 30, 2012 ( ZIP ; 832 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′  N , 2 ° 23 ′  W