Place:South Gloucestershire District, Gloucestershire, England

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NameSouth Gloucestershire District
TypeDistrict municipality, Unitary authority
Coordinates51.479°N 2.38°W
Located inGloucestershire, England     (1996 - )
See alsoAvon, Englandmodern county in which the area now covered by South Gloucestershire was located 1974-1996

South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire. It was established in 1996 when the County of Avon was abolished.

Image:Districts of Gloucestershire wikipedia.png South Gloucestershire is numbered 7 on this map.

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Much of the population is in the northern and eastern suburbs of Bristol, although the authority covers a much wider area. All of the villages are within the commuting belt for Bristol, Bath, Gloucester and Cheltenham.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article South Gloucestershire.

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