South Northamptonshire

For the parliamentary constituency, see South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency).

South Northamptonshire Council
—  District  —
Shown within Northamptonshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Northamptonshire
Founded
Admin. HQ	Towcester
Government
– Type	South Northamptonshire District Council
– Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
– Executive:	Conservative
– MPs:	Tim Boswell, Brian Binley
Area
– Total	244.8 sq mi (634.0 km2)
Area rank	65th
Population (2010 est.)
– Total	88,800
– Rank	Ranked 263rd
– Density	362.8/sq mi (140.1/km2)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
– Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	34UG
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity	98.4% White
Website	southnorthants.gov.uk

South Northamptonshire is a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is based in Towcester.

The district is rural and sparsely populated with just over 79,293 people in 2000^[1] and 91,000 in 2008, a 14.8% increase.^[2] The largest town in the district is Brackley, which has a population of 14,000 in 2008^[2] followed by Towcester which has a population of nearly 10,000.^[2] Other significant places include Middleton Cheney. The growth in population between 2001 and 2007 was the 3rd largest of all districts in the country and consisted of 35,700 households.^[3]

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the municipal borough of Brackley, along with Brackley Rural District, Towcester Rural District, and part of Northampton Rural District.

Settlements and parishes

For a complete list for Northamptonshire see List of places in Northamptonshire

• Abthorpe, Adstone, Ashton, Aston le Walls, Astrop, Aynho
• Blakesley, Blisworth, Boddington, Brackley, Bradden, Brafield-on-the-Green, Bugbrooke
• Caldecote, Castle Ashby, Chacombe, Charlton, Chipping Warden, Cogenhoe, Cold Higham, Cosgrove, Courteenhall, Croughton, Culworth
• Deanshanger, Denton
• Easton Neston, Edgcote, Evenley, Eydon
• Farthinghoe
• Gayton, Grafton Regis, Grange Park, Greatworth, Greens Norton
• Hackleton, Harpole, Hartwell, Helmdon, Hinton-in-the-Hedges
• Kings Sutton, Kislingbury
• Litchborough, Little Houghton
• Maidford, Marston St Lawrence, Middleton Cheney, Milton Malsor, Moreton Pinkney
• Nether Heyford, Newbottle
• Old Stratford, Overthorpe
• Pattishall, Paulerspury, Potterspury
• Quinton
• Radstone, Roade, Rothersthorpe
• Shutlanger, Silverstone, Slapton, Stoke Bruerne, Sulgrave, Syresham
• Thenford, Thorpe Mandeville, Tiffield, Towcester
• Upper Heyford
• Wappenham, Warkworth, Weedon Lois, Weston, Whiston, Whitfield, Whittlebury, Wicken, Woodend
• Yardley Gobion, Yardley Hastings

Gallery

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  Farmland outside the village of King's Sutton in Northamptonshire in 2009.

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  King's Sutton railway station was upgraded and re-gained its footbridge‎ in 2009.

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  A picture of King' Sutton in 2000.

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  A picture of King's Sutton in 2000.

References

1. ^ "A Vision of Britain - extensive local statistical data". http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/GBH_match_page.jsp?ons=South%20Northamptonshire. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} South Northamptonshire Council (2009). "State of the Districts Economy in 2009" base on Office of National Statistics data. Towcester: SNC. pp. 5. 
3. ^ South Northamptonshire Council (2008). "The Way Ahead". Towcester: SNC. pp. 3. 

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Coordinates: 52°06′N 1°06′W / 52.10°N 1.10°W / 52.10; -1.10