Taunton Deane

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Borough of Taunton Deane
Taunton Deane
Location in Somerset
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 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on location and area on the data server of the British government, accessed on April 5, 2019. (English)
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ^ The Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 on the UK Government's Legislative Server, accessed April 4, 2019.
  4. ^ 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