Sedgemoor

Sedgemoor
Sedgemoor District
Sedgemoor
Lage in Somerset
Status District
Region South West England
Verw.grafschaft Somerset
Verwaltungssitz Bridgwater
Fläche 564,36 km² (88.)
Einwohner 112.200 (191.)
ONS-Code 40UC
Website www.sedgemoor.gov.uk

Sedgemoor ist ein District in der Grafschaft Somerset in England. Verwaltungssitz ist die Stadt Bridgwater; weitere bedeutende Orte sind Burnham-on-Sea, Cheddar und North Petherton.

Der Bezirk wurde am 1. April 1974 gebildet und entstand aus der Fusion des Municipal Borough Bridgwater, des Urban District Burnham-on-Sea sowie der Rural Districts Bridgwater und Ashbrigde.

Wappen von Somerset
Districts in Somerset

Mendip | Sedgemoor | South Somerset | Taunton Deane | West Somerset


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