Carrick, Cornwall
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| Carrick District | |
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  Shown within UK and Cornwall | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Cornwall |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 108th 461.00 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Truro |
| ONS code: | 15UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total () - Density | Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.7% White |
| Politics | |
 Carrick District Council http://www.carrick.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | Julia Goldsworthy, Matthew Taylor |
Carrick is a local government district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Its council is based in Truro. The main centres of population, industry and commerce are Truro, Falmouth/Penryn and Camborne/Redruth
The district was created on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the city of Truro, the boroughs of Falmouth and Penryn, and Truro Rural District. It is named after the Carrick Roads, an inlet near Falmouth that the rivers Percuil, Penryn and Fal drain into.
Parishes
For administrative and political purposes, Carrick is divided into the following 27 parishes:- Chacewater
- Cubert
- Cuby
- Falmouth
- Feock
- Gerrans
- Gwennap
- Kea
- Kenwyn
- Ladock
- Mylor
- Penryn
- Perran-ar-worthal
- Perranzabuloe
- Philleigh
- Probus
- Ruanianihorne
- St Agnes
- St Allen
- St Clement
- St Erme
- St Just-in-Roseland
- St MichaelPenkivel
- St Newlyn East
- Tregony
- Truro
- Veryan
External links
- http://www.carrick.gov.uk
- [Postcards of the Hundred of Pydar]
- [Postcards of the Hundred of Powder]
| Districts of South West England |
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| Bath and North East Somerset | Bournemouth | Bristol | Caradon | Carrick | Cheltenham | Christchurch | Cotswold | East Devon | East Dorset | Exeter | Forest of Dean | Gloucester | Isles of Scilly | Kennet | Kerrier | Mendip | Mid Devon | North Cornwall | North Devon | North Dorset | North Somerset | North Wiltshire | Penwith | Plymouth | Poole | Purbeck | Restormel | Salisbury | Sedgemoor | South Gloucestershire | South Hams | South Somerset | Stroud | Swindon | Taunton Deane | Teignbridge | Tewkesbury | Torbay | Torridge | West Devon | West Dorset | West Somerset | West Wiltshire | Weymouth and Portland | |
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Counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire |
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