Place:East Lindsey District, Lincolnshire, England

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East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near the larger town of Louth.

East Lindsey has an area of 1,760 km², making it the fifth-largest non-metropolitan district in England. A mid-2014 estimate of the population was 137,623.

It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the southeastern area of the former administrative county of Lindsey which was abolished under the act. It was a merger of the Municipal Borough of Louth with the Alford, Horncastle, Mablethorpe and Sutton, Skegness and Woodhall Spa Urban Districts, and the Rural Districts of Horncastle, Louth and Spilsby.

The district borders North East Lincolnshire District and the Humber River to the north, the North Sea to the east, Boston (borough) to the south, and North Kesteven District and West Lindsey District to the west. The boundary between the district and North Kesteven, and part of Boston borough, is the River Witham. The furthest west settlement in the district is Wragby, and the furthest south is Anton's Gowt, near Sibsey.

East Lindsey is bigger than many English counties. On the list of largest counties, it compares to the 29th largest county, being larger than counties such as Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

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