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Charnwood | olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Borough of Charnwood | olspan=2 align=center| Shown within Leicestershire | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography | | idth="45%"|Status: | Borough | | a href="/encyclopedia/Regions-of-England" title="Regions of England">Region: | East Midlands | | dmin. County: | Leicestershire | a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area: - Total | Ranked 164th 279.06 km² | | dmin. HQ: | Loughborough | | a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code: | 31UC | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics | a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 102nd 153,383 550 / km² | | thnicity: | 91.7% White 6.0% S.Asian | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics | olspan=2 align=center|Charnwood Borough Council http://www.charnwoodbc.gov.uk/ | | a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet | | xecutive: | Labour + Liberal Democrats | | a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MPs: | Stephen Dorrell, Andy Reed | Charnwood is a local government district with borough status in northern Leicestershire, England. It is named for Charnwood Forest, which it contains. The main town is Loughborough. It was formed in 1974 as a merger of the borough of Loughborough, the Shepshed urban district and the Barrow-on-Soar Rural District. To the south it borders Leicester, about 20km away from Loughborough. There is a moderately urbanised 'A6' corridor between the towns and close to the River Soar, including Quorn, Barrow-on-Soar, Mountsorrel, Birstall, Thurnby, Syston and East Goscote. Other places in the district include Shepshed. Charnwood is represented in Parliament by the Conservative Stephen Dorrell, the former National Heritage Secretary (1994 - 1995) and Health Secretary (1995 - 1997) during John Major's Government. - Anstey
- Barkby, Barkby Thorpe, Barrow upon Soar, Beeby, Birstall, Burton on the Wolds
- Cossington, Cotes
- East Goscote
- Hathern, Hoton
- Mountsorrel
- Newton Linford
- Prestwold
- Queniborough, Quorndon
- Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Rearsby, Rothley
- Seagrave, Shepshed, Sileby, South Croxton, Swithland, Syston
- Thrussington, Thurcaston and Cropston, Thurmaston
- Ulverscroft
- Walton on the Wolds, Wanlip, Woodhouse, Wymeswold
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