2000
- 2001 - The Eden Project opened at St Blazey
- 2001 - Cornish Assembly declaration containing the signatures of 50,000 people was handed into 10 Downing Street on Wednesday 12 December 2001.
- 2001 - The Cornish were allocated the ethnic code of '06' for the 2001 Census - (see Census 2001 Ethnic Codes)
- 2002 - The Cornish language is officially recognised by the Government.
- 2004 - Cornwall merged into South West England (European Parliament constituency); Boscastle flood of 2004
- 2008 - The Standard Written Form (Cornish: Furv Savonek Scrifys) of the Cornish language was formally agreed.
- 2009 - An election for Cornwall's new unitary council took place on 4 June 2009. There are now 123 councillors.
- 2010 - Wave Hub installed off the Cornish coast near Hayle. The world's largest wave energy site.
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