Wycombe

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Wycombe District

Shown within the administrative county of Buckinghamshire
Geography
Status: District
Admin. County: Buckinghamshire
Region: South East England
Area:
- Total
Ranked 151st
324.57 km²
Admin. HQ: High Wycombe
ONS code: 11UF
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2005 est.)
- Density
Ranked 97th
160,200
494 / km²
Ethnicity: 87.9% White
7.5% S.Asian
2.4% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Wycombe District Council
http://www.wycombe.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative
MPs: Paul Goodman, Dominic Grieve, David Lidington
For the parliamentary constituency named Wycombe, see Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency).

Wycombe is a local government district in Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is administered by Wycombe District Council in the town of High Wycombe. The district was formed on April 1, 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the borough of High Wycombe, the urban district of Marlow and Wycombe Rural District.

Contents

[edit] Constituent parts

The Wycombe District Council area comprises:

[edit] Towns

[edit] Civil parishes

There are 24 civil parishes: see list of civil parishes in Wycombe


[edit] Sports club

Home to Wycombe Wanderers F.C.

[edit] External links


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