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Harborough District

Shown within Leicestershire
Geography
Status:District
Region:East Midlands
Admin. County:Leicestershire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 79th
592.70 km²
Admin. HQ:Market Harborough
ONS code:31UD
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
Ranked 297th
78,308
132 / km²
Ethnicity:97.9% White
1.0% S.Asian
Politics
Harborough District Council
http://www.harborough.gov.uk/
Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:Liberal Democrats
MPs:Alan Duncan, Edward Garnier, Andrew Robathan

Harborough is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named for its main town, Market Harborough. Other settlements in the district include Broughton Astley, Lutterworth, Kibworth. The north-western area of the district runs directly into the Leicester urban area, and includes such villages as Thurnby, Bushby and Scraptoft.

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Parishes

Market Harborough is unparished. There have been calls to set up a town council for the area.


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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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