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Wellingborough Borough Council

Local authority area: Wellingborough

Wellingborough is a district council in Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It covers 163.0 km² and had 79,478 residents in 2018 — about 487 people per km². It was abolished in 2021 and its services passed to North Northamptonshire. The council is based in Wellingborough.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Wellingborough, 2012–2018.

Residents, 201879,478+4.4% since 2012
Land area163.0km²63.0 sq mi
Density487/ km²people per square kilometre
Population estimates3 data points
76.1K77.2K79.5K
201220152018
History

How the council came to be

  1. 2021
    Abolished

    Replaced by North Northamptonshire.

  2. 1974
    Created

    Wellingborough became a local authority area.

Source: Wikidata Q894099 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.