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Borough of Bedford
Unitary authority area in Bedfordshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bedford, or the Borough of Bedford, is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The council is based in Bedford, the borough's namesake and principal settlement, which is the county town of Bedfordshire.
Bedford
Borough of Bedford | |
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![]() Bedford shown within Bedfordshire | |
Coordinates: 52°8′0″N 0°27′0″W | |
Sovereign state | ![]() |
Country | ![]() |
Region | East of England |
Ceremonial county | Bedfordshire |
Administrative HQ | Borough Hall, Bedford |
Government | |
• Type | Unitary Authority |
• Governing body | Bedford Borough Council |
• MPs | Richard Fuller (C) Alistair Strathern (L) Mohammad Yasin (L) |
Area | |
• Total | 476 km2 (184 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 187,466 |
• Rank | 108th |
• Density | 393/km2 (1,020/sq mi) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | GMT |
• Summer (DST) | British Summer Time |
ONS code | 00KB |
NUTS 3 | UKH22 |
Website | bedford![]() |
The Bedford built-up-area is the 71st largest in the United Kingdom and also includes Kempston and Biddenham.[3] Away from the Bedford built-up area the borough includes a large rural area with many villages. 75% of the borough's population live in the Bedford built-up and the five large villages which surround it, which makes up slightly less than 6% of the total land area of the borough.
The borough is also the location of the Wixams new settlement, immediately south of Bedford, which received its first residents in 2009.