| olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|South Somerset District |
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Shown within Somerset |
| olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography |
| idth="45%"|Status: | District |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Regions-of-England" title="Regions of England">Region: | South West England |
| dmin. County: | Somerset |
a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area:
- Total | Ranked 30th
959.04 km² |
| dmin. HQ: | Yeovil |
| a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code: | 40UD |
| olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics |
a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density | Ranked 106th
151,093
158 / km² |
| thnicity: | 98.9% White |
| olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics |
olspan=2 align=center|South Somerset District Council
http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/ |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| xecutive: | Liberal Democrats |
| a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MPs: | David Heath, David Laws |