Bassetlaw

Bassetlaw District
Shown within Nottinghamshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Nottinghamshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 67th 637.86 km²
Admin. HQ:	Worksop
ONS code:	37UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 194th 108,479 170 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.5% White
Politics
Bassetlaw District Council http://www.bassetlaw.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	John Mann, Patrick Mercer

Bassetlaw is the northernmost district of Nottinghamshire, England, with a population according to the 2001 UK census of 107,713. The borough is predominantly rural, with two towns: Worksop, site of the borough offices, and Retford.

Other settlements in the borough include:

Babworth, Beckingham, Bircotes, Blyth, Bole, Carburton, Carlton-in-Lindrick, Clarborough, Clayworth, East Drayton, East Markham, Eaton, Elksley, Gamston, Gringley-on-the-Hill, Harworth, Hayton, Headon, Markham Moor, Mattersey, Milton, Misson, Normanton-on-Trent, North Leverton-with-Habblesthorpe, Rampton, Ranby, Ranskill, Rhodesia, Saundby, Scrooby, Shireoaks, South Leverton, Sutton cum Lound, Torworth, West Drayton, West Markham, West Stockwith, Woodbeck

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Worksop and Retford and Worksop Urban District and Districts of England - East Midlands || |- |align=center| 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 |- |align=center|

Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |}