Forest of Dean (district)
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| Forest of Dean District | |
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 Shown within Gloucestershire |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Gloucestershire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 94th 526.43 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Coleford |
| ONS code: | 23UD |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 289th 80,900 154 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.1% White |
| Politics | |
| Forest of Dean District Council http://www.fdean.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | All party (4) |
| MP: | Mark Harper |
Forest of Dean is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England, named after the Forest of Dean. Its council is based in Coleford. Other towns in the district include Cinderford, Newent and Tidenham.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the East Dean Rural District, Lydney Rural District, Newent Rural District and West Dean Rural District, and from Gloucester Rural District the parishes of Newnham and Westbury-on-Severn.
[edit] Parishes and settlements
- Alvington, Awre, Aylburton
- Blaisdon, Bromsberrow
- Churcham, Cinderford, Coleford, Corse
- Drybrook, Dymock
- English Bicknor
- Gorsley and Kilcot
- Hartpury, Hewelsfield and Brockweir, Huntley
- Kempley
- Littledean, Longhope, Lydbrook, Lydney,
- Mitcheldean
- Newent, Newland, Newnham
- Oxenhall
- Pauntley
- Redmarley D`Abitot, Ruardean, Rudford and Highleadon, Ruspidge
- Soudley, St. Briavels, Staunton, Staunton Coleford, Symonds Yat
- Taynton, Tibberton, Tidenham
- Upleadon
- Westbury-on-Severn, West Dean, Woolaston
| Districts of South West England |  |
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Bath and North East Somerset | Bournemouth | Bristol | Caradon | Carrick | Cheltenham | Christchurch | Cotswold | East Devon | East Dorset | Exeter | Forest of Dean | Gloucester | Isles of Scilly | Kennet | Kerrier | Mendip | Mid Devon | North Cornwall | North Devon | North Dorset | North Somerset | North Wiltshire | Penwith | Plymouth | Poole | Purbeck | Restormel | Salisbury | Sedgemoor | South Gloucestershire | South Hams | South Somerset | Stroud | Swindon | Taunton Deane | Teignbridge | Tewkesbury | Torbay | Torridge | West Devon | West Dorset | West Somerset | West Wiltshire | Weymouth and Portland |
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Counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire |
