Cotswold (district) - Definition and Overview

Cotswold District
Shown within Gloucestershire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Gloucestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 16th 1,164.52 km²
Admin. HQ:	Cirencester
ONS code:	23UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 287th 80,171 69 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
Cotswold District Council http://www.cotswold.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MP:	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire in England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region. Its main town is Cirencester.

It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the urban district of Cirencester with Cirencester Rural District, North Cotswold Rural District, Northleach Rural District and Tetbury Rural District.