Teignbridge

Teignbridge District
Shown within Devon
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Devon
Area: - Total	Ranked 58th 673.87 km²
Admin. HQ:	Newton Abbot
ONS code:	18UH
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 155th 124,500 185 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.0% White
Politics
Teignbridge District Council http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Liberal Democrats / Independent
MPs:	Anthony Steen, Richard Younger-Ross

Teignbridge is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Newton Abbot.

Other towns in the district include Ashburton, Dawlish and Teignmouth. It is named for the old Teignbridge hundred.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Dawlish, Newton Abbot and Teignmouth urban districts along with Newton Abbot Rural District and part of St Thomas Rural District.

Districts of South West England
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Counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire

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