North Cornwall

North Cornwall District
North Cornwall District
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Population
• 1973	58,689
• 2001	80,529
History
• Origin	Borough of Bodmin; Borough of Launceston; Bude-Stratton Urban District; Camelford Rural District; Launceston Rural District; Stratton Rural District; Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District;
• Created	1 April 1974
• Abolished	31 March 2009
• Succeeded by	Cornwall Council unitary authority
Status	District
ONS code	15UE
Government	District council
• HQ	Wadebridge
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Subdivisions
• Type	Civil parishes

North Cornwall (Cornish: An Tiredh Uhel) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a former local government district, which was administered from Bodmin and Wadebridge 50.516°N 4.835°W / 50.516; -4.835. Other towns in the area are Launceston, Bude, Padstow, and Camelford.

North Cornwall is an area of outstanding natural beauty that is of great geological and scientific interest. It includes the only part of Cornwall that is formed of carboniferous rocks, the northern area of North Cornwall District. The rest of the district lies on Devonian sedimentary strata and the granite of Bodmin Moor. A similar area is covered by the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency.

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