South Derbyshire
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| South Derbyshire District | |
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 Shown within Derbyshire |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Derbyshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 144th 338.12 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Swadlincote |
| ONS code: | 17UK |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 262nd 87,700 259 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.2% White 1.6% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
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South Derbyshire District Council http://www.south-derbys.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
| Control: | Labour |
| MP: | Mark Todd |
South Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. It contains a third of the National Forest, and the council offices are in Swadlincote.
Other places in the district include Melbourne, Hilton, Hatton, Aston-on-Trent, Stenson Fields and Elvaston.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the Swadlincote urban district along with Repton Rural District and part of South East Derbyshire Rural District.
[edit] Energy policy
In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas [1] showed that housing in South Derbyshire produced the 19th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 6,929 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling.
- See also: Energy efficiency in British housing.
| Unitary authorities: | Derby |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Amber Valley • Bolsover • Chesterfield • Derbyshire Dales • Erewash • High Peak • North East Derbyshire • South Derbyshire |
| Cities/Towns: | Alfreton • Ashbourne • Bakewell • Belper • Bolsover • Buxton • Chapel-en-le-Frith • Chesterfield • Clay Cross • Derby • Dronfield • Glossop • Heanor • Ilkeston • Killamarsh • Long Eaton • Matlock • New Mills • Ripley • Sandiacre • Shirebrook • Staveley • Swadlincote • Whaley Bridge • Wirksworth See also: List of civil parishes in Derbyshire |
Amber Valley • Ashfield • Bassetlaw • Blaby • Bolsover • Boston • Broxtowe • Charnwood • Chesterfield • Corby • Daventry • Derby • Derbyshire Dales • East Lindsey • East Northamptonshire • Erewash • Gedling • Harborough • High Peak • Hinckley and Bosworth • Kettering • Leicester • Lincoln • Mansfield • Melton • Newark and Sherwood • Northampton • North East Derbyshire • North Kesteven • North West Leicestershire • Nottingham • Oadby and Wigston • Rushcliffe • Rutland • South Derbyshire • South Holland • South Kesteven • South Northamptonshire • Wellingborough • West Lindsey
Counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire
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