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North Somerset
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North Somerset

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Locator map for the English administrative region of North Somerset.

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

Area

372 sq km/144 sq mi

Towns and cities

Weston-Super-Mare (administrative headquarters), Clevedon, Nailsea, Portishead

Features

Severn Estuary forms northwest border of authority; River Yea; River Avon forms northeast border; west end of the Mendips including Bleadon Hill (134 m/440 ft); Clevedon Court - 14th/15th century manor house owned by Elton family; Weston Woods and Worlebury Hill iron age sites (Weston-Super-Mare); Helicopter Museum (Weston-Super-Mare)

Industries

automotive components, rubber and plastics manufacture

Population

(2001) 188,600

Famous people

Hartley Coleridge (poet), Portishead (pop band)



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