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Gosport

olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Borough of Gosport
olspan=2 align=center|
Shown within Hampshire
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography
idth="45%"|Status: Borough
a href="/encyclopedia/Regions-of-England" title="Regions of England">Region: South East England
dmin. County: Hampshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area:
- Total
Ranked 343rd
25.29 km²
dmin. HQ: Gosport
a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code: 24UF
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics
a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
Ranked 301st
77,092
3,048 / km²
thnicity: 98.3% White
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics
olspan=2 align=center|Gosport Borough Council
http://www.gosport.gov.uk/
a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership: Alternative - Sec.31
ontrol: Conservative (minority administration)
a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MP: Peter Viggers
Gosport is a small town on the South Coast of England, in Hampshire. It lies opposite the city of Portsmouth, on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour. There is a ferry to Portsmouth. It forms part of the South Hampshire conurbation. The Rowner area of the peninsula was known to have been settled in Saxon times (http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol12/page003.html). With settlements in the wider dating back much earlier (http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol10/page005.html). The borough's name is believed to derive from 'gorse' or 'goose'.

 

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