Breckland (district)

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Breckland District
Breckland
Shown within Norfolk
Geography
Status: District
Region: East of England
Admin. County: Norfolk
Area:
- Total
Ranked 12th
1,305.12 km²
Admin. HQ: East Dereham
ONS code: 33UB
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2006 est.)
- Density
Ranked 151st
128,300
98 / km²
Ethnicity: 98.5% White
Politics
Breckland District Council
http://www.breckland.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative
MPs: Christopher Fraser, Keith Simpson

Breckland District is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in East Dereham.

Breckland District derives its name from the Breckland landscape region, a gorse covered sandy heath of south Norfolk and north Suffolk. The term Breckland is ancient, and is found as early as the 13th century in the form Brakelond.

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Breckland District was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Thetford, East Dereham Urban District, Swaffham Urban District, Wayland Rural District, Mitford and Launditch Rural District, and Swaffham Rural District.

The district is entirely parished, and is made up of 113 civil parishes. At the time of the 2001 census, the district had an area of 1,305 km², with a population of 121,418 in 50,715 households.[1]

The district contains the following civil parishes:

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

  • Diss Express - website of local newspaper covering part of district



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