Place:Harborough District, Leicestershire, England

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NameHarborough District
TypeDistrict municipality
Coordinates52.48°N 0.92°W
Located inLeicestershire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoMarket Harborough, Leicestershire, Englandurban district absorbed into the district municipality
Market Harborough Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district absorbed into the district municipality
Billesdon Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district absorbed into the district municipality
Lutterworth Rural, Leicestershire, Englandrural district absorbed into the district municipality
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Harborough is a district municipality or local government district in Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough. Covering 230 square miles (600 km2), the district is by far the largest by area of the eight district authorities in Leicestershire and covers almost a quarter of the county. The population of the district at mid-2007 was estimated as 82,300.

The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the following:

The District extends south and east from the Leicester urban area; on the east it adjoins the County of Rutland; has a boundary on the north with the Boroughs of Charnwood and Melton; on the south it has a long boundary with the County of Northamptonshire comprising the Boroughs of Corby, Kettering and the District of Daventry. To the west the boundary is with Warwickshire and the Borough of Rugby, a boundary formed for much of its length by the line of Watling Street. The north-western boundary of the district adjoins Blaby District and the Borough of Oadby and Wigston. The villages of Thurnby, Bushby and Scraptoft abut the suburbs of the City of Leicester.

The principal centres of population are Market Harborough (20,170), Lutterworth (9,000) and Broughton Astley (8,660). The District also has four large villages of over 3,000 population - Kibworth (4,910); Fleckney (4,910); Great Glen (3,460) and the post-1974 composite parish of Thurnby and Bushby (3,160). The District has 17 parishes with populations between 500 and 3,000, 40 parishes with populations between 100 and 500 and 28 parishes with populations of below 100 (mid-2004 population estimates).

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Harborough.

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