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Weymouth and Portland Borough Council

Local authority area: Weymouth and Portland

Weymouth and Portland is a district council in Dorset, in the South West England region of England. It covers 41.8 km² and had 65,200 residents in 2015 — about 1,561 people per km². It was abolished in 2019 and its services passed to Dorset. The council is based in Weymouth.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Weymouth and Portland, 2012–2015.

Residents, 201565,200+0.3% since 2012
Land area41.8km²16.1 sq mi
Density1,561/ km²people per square kilometre
History

How the council came to be

  1. 2019
    Abolished

    Replaced by Dorset.

  2. 1974
    Created

    Formed from Municipal Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.

Abroad

Twinned with

Louviers
Source: Wikidata Q676653 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.