King's Lynn and West Norfolk

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Borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Shown within Norfolk
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Norfolk
Area: - Total	Ranked 8th 1,428.76 km²
Admin. HQ:	King's Lynn
ONS code:	33UE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 122nd 140,400 98 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.7% White
Politics
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council http://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Henry Bellingham, Christopher Fraser

King's Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district and borough in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in the town of King's Lynn.

[edit] History

The district was formed in 1974 by the merger of King's Lynn, Hunstanton, Downham Market urban districts along with Docking Rural District, Downham Rural District, Freebridge Lynn Rural District and Marshland Rural District. The district was originally known as just West Norfolk, and adopted its present name in 1981.

[edit] Composition

The district comprises the urban area of King's Lynn itself, together with 102 surrounding parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the district had an area of 1,473 km², of which 28 km² was in the urban area and 1,445 km² in the surrounding parishes. The district had a population of 135,345 in 58,338 households, with 34,564 in 15,285 households living in the urban area, whilst 100,781 people in 43,053 households lived in the surrounding parishes.^[1]

The urban area of King's Lynn itself is unparished. The remainder of the district lies within the following civil parishes:

Anmer
Bagthorpe with Barmer, Barton Bendish, Barwick, Bawsey, Bircham, Boughton, Brancaster, Burnham Market, Burnham Norton, Burnham Overy, Burnham Thorpe
Castle Acre, Castle Rising, Choseley, Clenchwarton, Congham, Crimplesham
Denver, Dersingham, Docking, Downham Market, Downham West
East Rudham, East Walton, East Winch, Emneth
Feltwell, Fincham, Flitcham with Appleton, Fordham, Fring
Gayton, Great Massingham, Grimston
Harpley, Heacham, Hilgay, Hillington, Hockwold cum Wilton, Holme next the Sea, Houghton, Hunstanton
Ingoldisthorpe
Leziate, Little Massingham
Marham, Marshland St. James, Methwold, Middleton
Nordelph, North Creake, North Runcton, Northwold, North Wootton
Old Hunstanton, Outwell
Pentney
Ringstead, Roydon, Runcton Holme, Ryston
Sandringham, Sedgeford, Shernborne, Shouldham, Shouldham Thorpe, Snettisham, South Creake, Southery, South Wootton, Stanhoe, Stoke Ferry, Stow Bardolph, Stradsett, Syderstone
Terrington St. Clement, Terrington St. John, Thornham, Tilney All Saints, Tilney St. Lawrence, Titchwell, Tottenhill
Upwell
Walpole, Walpole Cross Keys, Walpole Highway, Walsoken, Watlington, Welney, Wereham, West Acre, West Dereham, West Rudham, West Walton, West Winch, Wiggenhall St. Germans, Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen, Wimbotsham, Wormegay, Wretton

[edit] References

^ Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Retrieved December 2, 2005.

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