Somerset West and Taunton

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former local government district non-metropolitan district

Somerset West and Taunton was a local government district in Somerset, England, formed in 2019 by merging Taunton Deane and West Somerset and encompassing towns such as Taunton, Minehead, and Wellington.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Somerset West and Taunton (former district) 1
Somerset West and Taunton District 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former local government district ⓘ
non-metropolitan district ⓘ
adminHq Taunton NERFINISHED ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsAdministrativeArea parish of Dulverton NERFINISHED ⓘ
parish of Minehead ⓘ
parish of Watchet NERFINISHED ⓘ
parish of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
parish of Wiveliscombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsArea Blackdown Hills (part) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brendon Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
Exmoor (part) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quantock Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCoastlineOn Bristol Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsHeritageRailway West Somerset Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsPort Watchet Harbour NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsSettlement Dulverton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minehead NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taunton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Watchet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wiveliscombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTouristDestination Minehead seaside resort NERFINISHED ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dateAbolished 2023-04-01 ⓘ
dateEstablished 2019-04-01 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Taunton Deane NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Somerset West and Taunton Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType district council ⓘ
hasBorderWith Mid Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Devon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sedgemoor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somerset County (pre-2023 upper-tier) NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Somerset coast to sea ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
lastCouncilElectionDate 2019-05-02 ⓘ
legislatedBy Somerset West and Taunton (Local Government Changes) Order 2018 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Somerset ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England
partOfHistoricCounty Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Taunton Deane NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy Somerset Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST BST ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minehead, Somerset, England → partOf → Somerset West and Taunton ⓘ
subject surface form: Minehead
Winsford, Somerset, England → partOf → Somerset West and Taunton ⓘ
Combe Florey → formerDistrict → Somerset West and Taunton ⓘ
Wellington, Somerset → partOf → Somerset West and Taunton ⓘ
Wellington, Somerset → hasCategory → Somerset West and Taunton ⓘ
Minehead → partOf → Somerset West and Taunton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somerset West and Taunton (former district)
Somerset Council area → replaced → Somerset West and Taunton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Somerset West and Taunton District