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West Somerset

former non-metropolitan district in Somerset, England, UK
AdministrativeArea non_metropolitan_district Q1853853

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
non-metropolitan district
Inception
April 1, 1974[7]
Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.100°, -3.550°
Area
+725.4079[14]
Authority
West Somerset District Council[8]
Capital
Williton[4]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Bicknoller, Brompton Ralph, Carhampton, Clatworthy, Old Cleeve, Crowcombe, Cutcombe, Dunster, Elworthy, Holford, Kilve, Luccombe, Luxborough, Minehead Without, Monksilver, Nettlecombe, Oare, Porlock, East Quantoxhead, West Quantoxhead, Sampford Brett, Selworthy, Stogumber, Stogursey, Stringston, Timberscombe, Treborough, Williton, Withycombe, Wootton Courtenay, Brompton Regis, Brushford, Dulverton, Exford, Exmoor, Exton, Huish Champflower, Skilgate, Upton, Winsford
Legislative body
council of West Somerset District Council[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Somerset[2]
Population
+34400, +34600[9][10]
Postal code
TA4[6]
Replaced by
Somerset West and Taunton[13]
Replaces
Williton Rural District, Dulverton Rural District[11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
en West Somerset fa سامرست غربی ja ウェスト・サマセット ko 웨스트서머싯 ru Уэст-Сомерсет sv West Somerset District zh 西索美塞特
🔖 Identifiers · 9
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/West-Somerset
Freebase ID
/m/029sq_
GSS code (2011)
E07000191
GeoNames ID
7290627
TOID
7000000000010687
Topic's main category
Category:West Somerset
Vision of Britain place ID
17202
Vision of Britain unit ID
10084623
Yale LUX ID
place/29dc23ec-5c2b-43cf-854a-2221ca19e03c
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Located in time zoneP421
Europe/London 2026-09-26 A/ADM3 · GB GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 3
Porlock, Carhampton, West Somerset Railway
Capital 1
Williton
Country 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
non-metropolitan district
Legislative body 1
council of West Somerset District Council
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Somerset
Replaced by 1
Somerset West and Taunton
Topic's main category 1
Category:West Somerset
← Applies to jurisdiction 1
council of West Somerset District Council
← Category's main topic 1
Category:West Somerset
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Somerset
← Operating area 1
BBC South West
← Replaces 1
Somerset West and Taunton
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Summary

West Somerset is a non-metropolitan district[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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