| olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Wear Valley District |
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Shown within County Durham |
| olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography |
| idth="45%"|Status: | District |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Regions-of-England" title="Regions of England">Region: | North East England |
| dmin. County: | County Durham |
a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area:
- Total | Ranked 100th
504.63 km² |
| dmin. HQ: | Crook |
| a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code: | 20UJ |
| olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics |
a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density | Ranked 323rd
61,156
121 / km² |
| thnicity: | 99.2% White |
| olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics |
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Wear Valley District Council
http://www.wearvalley.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: | Labour |
| a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MPs: | Derek Foster, Hilary Armstrong |