East Dorset District Council

Local authority area: East Dorset

East Dorset is a district council in Dorset, in the South West England region of England. It covers 354.4 km² and had 88,700 residents in 2015 — about 250 people per km². It was abolished in 2019 and its services passed to Dorset.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for East Dorset, 2012–2015.

Residents, 201588,700+1.0% since 2012

Land area354.4km²136.8 sq mi

Density250/ km²people per square kilometre

History

How the council came to be

2019
Abolished
Replaced by Dorset.
1974
Created
Formed from Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District, Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District.

Source: Wikidata Q1277828 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.