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Somerset West and Taunton Council

Local authority area: Somerset West and Taunton

Somerset West and Taunton is a district council in Somerset, in the South West England region of England. It covers 1,187.8 km² and had 153,866 residents in 2018 — about 130 people per km². It was abolished in 2023 and its services passed to Somerset.

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Town hall in the administrative centreCounty Hall
County Hall
Photo: John Sutton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People

Population

Estimates recorded for Somerset West and Taunton, 2015–2018.

Residents, 2018153,866+1.0% since 2015
Land area1,187.8km²458.6 sq mi
Density130/ km²people per square kilometre
History

How the council came to be

  1. 2023
    Abolished

    Replaced by Somerset.

  2. 2019
    Created

    Formed from West Somerset, Taunton Deane.

Source: Wikidata Q54554249 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.