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Borough of Rugby

Borough of Rugby
Borough and Non-metropolitan district
Shown within Warwickshire
Shown within Warwickshire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region West Midlands
Administrative county Warwickshire
Admin. HQ Rugby
Government
 • Type Non-metropolitan borough
 • Leadership: Leader and cabinet
 • MPs: Mark Pawsey and Jeremy Wright
Area
 • Total 135.6 sq mi (351.1 km2)
Area rank 120th
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 103,400
 • Rank Ranked 227th
 • Density 760/sq mi (290/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code 44UD (ONS)
E07000220 (GSS)
Ethnicity 90.5% White (84.1% White British)
5.2% Asian
2.0% Mixed Race
2.0% Black British
0.3% Other
Website rugby.gov.uk

The Borough of Rugby is a local government district with borough status in eastern Warwickshire, England.

The borough comprises the town of Rugby where the council has its headquarters, and the rural areas surrounding the town.

The borough has a population of just over 91,000. Of these, over 60,000 live in the town of Rugby, with the remainder living in the rural areas surrounding the town.

The borough stretches from Coventry to the west, to the borders with Northamptonshire and Leicestershire to the east. It borders the Warwickshire districts of Warwick to the south-west, Stratford to the south, and Nuneaton and Bedworth to the north-west.

The present borough was created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. It was created by a merger of the municipal borough of Rugby (which covered the town of Rugby) and the Rugby Rural District.

The town of Rugby had gained the status of an urban district in 1894. At the same time the Rugby Rural District was created covering the surrounding countryside. The town and rural district had separate councils, both based in Rugby.

In 1932, Rugby's status was upgraded to that of a municipal borough, and its boundaries expanded to include most of Bilton, Brownsover, Hillmorton and Newbold-on-Avon.


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