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Ryedale District Council

Local authority area: Ryedale

Ryedale is a district council in North Yorkshire, in the North East England region of England. It covers 1,506.6 km² and had 54,920 residents in 2018 — about 36 people per km². It was abolished in 2023 and its services passed to North Yorkshire. The council is based in Malton.

Town hall in the administrative centreMalton Town Hall
Malton Town Hall
Photo: Betty Longbottom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People

Population

Estimates recorded for Ryedale, 2012–2018.

Residents, 201854,920+5.4% since 2012
Land area1,506.6km²581.7 sq mi
Density36/ km²people per square kilometre
Population estimates3 data points
52.1K53.1K54.9K
201220152018
History

How the council came to be

  1. 2023
    Abolished

    Replaced by North Yorkshire.

  2. 1974
    Created

    Ryedale became a local authority area.

Source: Wikidata Q657890 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.