Borough of Bedford
Unitary authority area in Bedfordshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Borough of Bedford is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based in Bedford, its namesake and principal settlement, which is the county town of Bedfordshire. The Bedford built-up-area is the 71st largest in the United Kingdom and comprises the boundaries of the pre-1974 Bedford Municipal Borough, the town of Kempston and the village of Biddenham,[3] with the BUA surrounded by a rural area with many villages. 75% of the borough's population live in the Bedford Urban Area and the five large villages which surround it, which makes up slightly less than 6% of the total land area of the Borough.
Bedford
Borough of Bedford | |
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Coordinates: 52°8′0″N 0°27′0″W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | East of England |
Ceremonial county | Bedfordshire |
Administrative HQ | Borough Hall, Bedford |
Government | |
• Type | Unitary Authority |
• Governing body | Bedford Borough Council |
• MPs | Richard Fuller (C) Alistair Strathern (L) Mohammad Yasin (L) |
Area | |
• Total | 476.4 km2 (183.9 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 185,761 |
• Rank | 107th |
• Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | GMT |
• Summer (DST) | British Summer Time |
ONS code | 00KB |
NUTS 3 | UKH22 |
Website | bedford |
The borough is also the location of the Wixams new town development, which received its first residents in 2009.