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South Gloucestershire

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South Gloucestershire

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Locator map for the English administrative region of South Gloucestershire.

Unitary authority in southwest England created in 1996 from part of the former county of Avon.

Area

497 sq km/192 sq mi

Towns and cities

Thornbury (administrative headquarters), Patchway, Yate, Chipping Sodbury

Features

River Severn borders northwest; Vale of Berkeley; Severn Road Bridge; Marshfield has one of Britain's longest village streets with 17th-century almshouses; 13th-century church of St Peter (Dyrham); late 17th century Dyrham Park Mansion

Industries

aerospace engineering, food processing, agriculture and associated industries

Population

(2001) 245,650



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