Swindon (borough)
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| Borough of Swindon | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | South West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Wiltshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 177th 230.10 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Swindon |
| ONS code: | 00HX |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked {{English district rank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 95.2% White 2.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
 Swindon Borough Council http://www.swindon.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | Anne Snelgrove, Michael Wills |
It covers not just the town of Swindon, but surrounding countryside and the town of Highworth and villages including Wroughton, Chiseldon, Wanborough, Liddington and Badbury
On April 1, 1998 it was made independent of Wiltshire, with its council becoming a unitary authority. It remains part of Wiltshire ceremonial county.
Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Swindon at current basic prices [published] (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.| Year | ||||
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| 1995 | 2,654 | 13 | 1,023 | 1,618 |
| 2000 | 4,085 | 9 | 1,368 | 2,708 |
| 2003 | 4,259 | 8 | 1,185 | 3,067 |
Note 1: includes hunting and forestry
Note 2: includes energy and construction
Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
| 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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