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South Wight

South Wight
Area
 • 1974 65,185 acres (263.79 km2)
Population
 • 1973 44,890
 • 1992 53,600
History
 • Created 1974
 • Abolished 1995
 • Succeeded by Isle of Wight
Status non-metropolitan district, borough
 • HQ Newport
Insignia of South Wight Borough Council

South Wight was a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough on the Isle of Wight in England from 1974 to 1995.

The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of Sandown-Shanklin and Ventnor urban districts and Isle of Wight Rural District. It was one of two districts on the island formed in 1974 - the other was Medina.

Following a review by the Local Government Commission for England, the borough was abolished on 1 April 1995, when a single Isle of Wight Council replaced the island's county council and two district councils.

Coordinates: 50°36′N 1°12′W / 50.6°N 1.2°W / 50.6; -1.2


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