North Somerset

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North Somerset District

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 (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 67th 201,400 538 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.6% White
Politics
North Somerset Council http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Liam Fox (C) John Penrose (C)

Weston-super-Mare town hall, the administrative headquarters

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 be renamed North Somerset at the next general election.

1 Towns and villages
2 Geographical features
3 Religious buildings
4 Economy
5 References
6 External links

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

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. ^[1]

Year	Regional Gross Value Added¹	Agriculture²	Industry³	Services⁴
1995	5,916	125	1,919	3,872
2000	8,788	86	2,373	6,330
2003	10,854	67	2,873	7,914

^1 Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
^2 includes hunting and forestry
^3 includes energy and construction
^4 includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured