Stratford-on-Avon District
Non-metropolitan district in Warwickshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stratford-on-Avon is a local government district in Warwickshire, England. The district is named after its largest town of Stratford-upon-Avon, but with a change of preposition; the town uses "upon" and the district uses "on". The council is based in Stratford-upon-Avon and the district, which is predominantly rural, also includes the towns of Alcester, Shipston-on-Stour and Southam, and the large villages of Bidford-on-Avon, Studley and Wellesbourne, plus numerous other smaller villages and hamlets and surrounding rural areas. The district covers the more sparsely populated southern part of Warwickshire, and contains nearly half the county's area. The district includes part of the Cotswolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Stratford-on-Avon District | |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | West Midlands |
Administrative county | Warwickshire |
Admin. HQ | Stratford-upon-Avon |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district |
• MPs: | Nadhim Zahawi (C) Jeremy Wright (C) |
Area | |
• Total | 377.6 sq mi (977.9 km2) |
• Rank | 27th |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 135,964 |
• Rank | Ranked 170th |
• Density | 360/sq mi (140/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
ONS code | 44UE (ONS) E07000221 (GSS) |
The neighbouring districts are Rugby and Warwick in Warwickshire, Solihull in the West Midlands, Bromsgrove, Redditch and Wychavon in Worcestershire, Cotswold in Gloucestershire, West Oxfordshire and Cherwell in Oxfordshire, and West Northamptonshire.