Stroud (district)
| Stroud District | |
|---|---|
| Non-metropolitan district | |
 Stroud shown within Gloucestershire |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South West England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Gloucestershire |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Stroud |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Stroud District Council |
| • Leadership | Committees (Labour / Green / Liberal Democrat) |
| • MPs |
Neil Carmichael Geoffrey Clifton-Brown |
| Area | |
| • Total | 177.9 sq mi (460.7 km2) |
| Area rank | 97th (of 326) |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 116,600 |
| • Rank | 194th (of 326) |
| • Density | 660/sq mi (250/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 98.7% White |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 23UF (ONS) E07000082 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | SO8508905550 |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 51°44′53″N 2°12′58″W / 51.748°N 2.216°W
Stroud is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. It is named after its largest town, Stroud, and has its administrative headquarters in Ebley Mill, in the Ebley area on the western outskirts of the town.
The district is mixed and consists of part of the Cotswolds and the Vale of Berkeley, an area of the flat, fertile valley of the River Severn. The town of Stroud is by some way the largest in the area. The southern portion of the district is served mostly by its own market towns, chief among which are Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge.
Stroud District Council was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974, by a merger of Nailsworth and Stroud urban districts, Dursley Rural District, Stroud Rural District, and parts of Gloucester Rural District, Sodbury Rural District and Thornbury Rural District.
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