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North Dorset
| North Dorset District | |
|---|---|
 Shown within Dorset | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Dorset |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 74th 609.22 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Blandford Forum |
| ONS code: | 19UE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 321st 62,298 102 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.6% White |
| Politics | |
| North Dorset District Council http://www.north-dorset.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative + Independent |
| MP: | Robert Walter |
North Dorset is a local government district and parliamentry constituency in Dorset, England. It is laregely rural, but includes the towns of Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton. Much of North Dorset is in the River Stour valley and is called the Blackmore Vale. The economy of North Dorset is largely dairy agriculture based.
As of 2005, the member of parliament for Dorset North is the conservative Robert Walter.
At the 2001 UK census North Dorset had a population of 61,905, a rise of 8,300 from 1991, with 25,248 households.
Settlements
- Towns with a population over 2,500 are in bold.
- Anderson, Ashmore
- Blandford Forum, Bourton, Bryanston, Buckhorn Weston
- Cann, Charlton Marshall, Chettle, Child Okeford, Compton Abbas
- Durweston
- East Orchard, East Stour
- Farnham, Fifehead Magdalen, Fifehead Neville, Fontmell Magna
- Gillingham, Glanvilles Wootton
- Hilton, Hinton St Mary
- Ibberton, Iwerne Courtney, Iwerne Minster
- Kington Magna
- Lydlinch
- Manston, Mappowder, Marnhull, Melbury Abbas, Milborne St Andrew, Milton Abbas, Motcombe
- Okeford Fitzpane
- Pimperne, Pulham
- Shaftesbury, Shillingstone, Silton, Spetisbury, Stalbridge, Stourpaine, Stour Provost, Stourton Caundle, Stour Row, Sturminster Newton, Sutton Waldron
- Tarrant Gunville, Tarrant Hinton, Tarrant Kayneston, Tarrant Launceston, Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Rushton, Todber, Turnworth
- West Orchard, West Stour, Winterborne Houghton, Winterborne Kingston, Winterborne Stickland, Winterborne Whitechurch, Winterborne Zelston, Woolland
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