Place:Bedford District, Bedfordshire, England

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NameBedford District
Alt namesBorough of Bedfordsource: alternate title of district since 1992
North Bedfordshire Districtsource: early title of district
Brickhillsource: small area of district
Queens Parksource: small area of district
TypeDistrict municipality, Unitary authority
Coordinates52.13°N 0.45°W
Located inBedfordshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoBedford, Bedfordshire, Englandmunicpal borough merged into the non-metropolitan district in 1974
Kempston, Bedfordshire, Englandurban district merged into the non-metropolitan district in 1974
Bedford Rural, Bedfordshire, Englandrural district merged into the non-metropolitan district in 1974
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Bedford District was formed on 1 April 1974 as a merger of the existing Municipal Borough of Bedford, along with Kempston Urban District and Bedford Rural District. In 1975 the district was granted a royal charter granting borough status as North Bedfordshire (redirected here). The borough was renamed as Borough of Bedford in 1992. Over half of the former municipal borough of Bedford is unparished. However, Brickhill is a parish, and areas of Queens Park as well as Cauldwell and Kingsbrook elect their own urban community councils, which have similar functions to parish councils. The rest of the district including Kempston is parished.

The UK Department for Communities and Local Government have reorganised Bedfordshire's administrative structure as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, meaning that Bedford Borough Council became a unitary authority in April 2009. This means Bedford Borough has assumed responsibility in areas such as education, social services and transport which were previously provided by Bedfordshire County Council.

Since 2009 Bedford is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. Its council is based at Bedford, the county town of Bedfordshire. The borough contains one large urban area, the 71st largest in the United Kingdom that comprises Bedford and the adjacent town of Kempston, surrounded by a rural area with many villages. 75% of the borough's population of approximately 164,000 live in the Bedford Urban Area and the five large villages which surround it, which makes up slightly less than 6% of the total land area of the Borough.

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