Kennet (district)

Kennet District
Shown within Wiltshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Wiltshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 28th 966.62 km²
Admin. HQ:	Devizes
ONS code:	46UB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 303rd 78,200 81 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.6% White
Politics
Kennet District Council http://www.kennet.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Michael Ancram (Devizes)

Kennet is a local government district in Wiltshire, England. Its council is based in Devizes. It is named after the River Kennet.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Devizes, Marlborough, and Devizes Rural District, Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District and Pewsey Rural District.

v • d • e Wiltshire

Districts:	Kennet • North Wiltshire • Salisbury • West Wiltshire

Unitary authorities:	Swindon

Main Settlements:	Amesbury • Bradford on Avon • Calne • Chippenham • Corsham • Cricklade • Devizes • Durrington • Highworth • Ludgershall • Malmesbury • Marlborough • Mere • Melksham • Salisbury • Swindon • Tidworth • Tisbury • Trowbridge (County Town) • Warminster • Westbury • Wilton • Wootton Bassett

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