Carrick, Cornwall
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| Carrick District | |
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  Shown within UK and Cornwall |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Cornwall |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 108th 461.00 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Truro |
| ONS code: | 15UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 250th 90,600 197 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.7% White |
| Politics | |
| Carrick District Council http://www.carrick.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Julia Goldsworthy, Matthew Taylor |
Carrick is a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Truro. The main centres of population, industry and commerce are the city Truro and the towns of Falmouth/Penryn.
The district was created under the Local Government Act 1972, on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Truro, Falmouth and Penryn, and the Truro Rural District.
It is named after the Carrick Roads, an inlet near Falmouth that the rivers Percuil, Penryn and Fal drain into.
[edit] Parishes
Carrick comprises the following 27 parishes
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Districts: Penwith | Kerrier | Carrick | Caradon | North Cornwall Boroughs: Restormel Unitary authorities: Isles of Scilly
Main Settlements: Bodmin | Bude | Camborne | Falmouth | Hayle | Helston | Launceston | Liskeard | Newquay | Penryn | Penzance | Redruth | Saltash | St Austell | St Ives | Truro | Wadebridge
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