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Carrick
| Carrick District | |
|---|---|
 Shown within Cornwall | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Cornwall |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 108th 461.00 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Truro |
| ONS code: | 15UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 253rd 88,911 193 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.7% White |
| Politics | |
| Carrick District Council http://www.carrick.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Candy Atherton, Matthew Taylor |
Disambiguation: Carrick is also the name of a town in Tasmania, Australia, and the name of a former part of Ayrshire in Scotland
Carrick is a local government district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Truro. Other places include Falmouth and Penryn.
The district was created on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the city of Truro, the boroughs of Falmouth and Penryn, and Truro Rural District . It is named after the Carrick Roads , an inlet near Falmouth that the rivers Percuil , Penryn and Fal drain into.
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