Taunton Deane
Borough of Taunton Deane | |
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![]() Location in Somerset |
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status | District |
region | South West England |
Administration County | Somerset |
Administrative headquarters | Taunton |
surface | 462.50 km² |
Residents | 110,187 (2011) |
ONS code | 40UE; E07000190 |
Taunton Deane was a district ( English district ) with the title of a borough in the county of Somerset in England . The administrative seat was the city of Taunton , in which more than half of the population lives. The next smaller significant place was Wellington .
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 and was created by the merger of the Municipal Borough Taunton, the Urban District Wellington and the Rural Districts Taunton and Wellington. Due to an ordinance issued in May 2018, Taunton Deane was merged with the north-west bordering West Somerset on April 1, 2019 to form the new District Somerset West and Taunton .
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of March 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
- Taunton Deane District at Vision of Britain (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on location and area on the data server of the British government, accessed on April 5, 2019. (English)
- ↑ Table PP05UK: Usual residents by resident type, unrounded estimates, local authorities in the United Kingdom. 2011 census results on the ONS website , XLS file, 204 kB. (English)
- ^ The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 on the UK Government's Legislative Server, accessed April 4, 2019.
- ^ Phil Hill: Somerset West and Taunton Council replaces two district authorities. Somerset County Gazette, April 1, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019. (English)
Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ N , 3 ° 9 ′ W