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Ashfield

There is a separate entrty for Ashfield in Sydney, Australia.

Ashfield District
Shown within Nottinghamshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Nottinghamshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 236th 109.56 km²
Admin. HQ:	Kirkby-in-Ashfield
ONS code:	37UB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 174th 114,223 1,043 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.9% White
Politics
Ashfield District Council http://www.ashfield-dc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Geoff Hoon, Paddy Tipping

Ashfield is a local government district in western Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 UK census, it has a population of 111,387. The borough is mostly urban, with a tradition of coal mining. There are three towns in the district; the largest being Sutton-in-Ashfield. Settlements in the district include:

Annesley, Hucknall, Seleston, Stanton Hill, Sutton-in-Ashfield

Underwood

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of urban districts of Hucknall, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and Sutton-in-Ashfield and part of Basford Rural District.

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Districts of England - East Midlands
Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire

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Ashfield is also a municipality in New South Wales, Australia. See Ashfield, Australia.