Adur - Definition and Overview

Adur District
Shown within West Sussex
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	West Sussex
Area: - Total	Ranked 313th 41.80 km²
Admin. HQ:	Shoreham-by-Sea
ONS code:	45UB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 325th 60,536 1,448 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.5% White
Politics
Adur District Council http://www.adurdc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Tim Loughton

Adur is a local government district of West Sussex in England. It is named for the River Adur. Its council is based in Shoreham-by-Sea.

It was created on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Southwick and Shoreham urban districts and part of Worthing Rural District.

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