Selby District
Coordinates: 53°46′37″N 1°04′44″W / 53.777°N 1.079°W / 53.777; -1.079
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Constituent country | England | |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire | |
| Founded | ||
| Admin. HQ | Selby | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Selby District Council | |
| • Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 | |
| • Executive: | Conservative | |
| • MPs: | Nigel Adams | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 231.4 sq mi (599.3 km2) | |
| Area rank | 70th | |
| Population (2011 est.) | ||
| • Total | 83,500 | |
| • Rank | Ranked 278th | |
| • Density | 360/sq mi (140/km2) | |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) | |
| • Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) | |
| Postcode | ||
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| ONS code | 36UH (ONS) E07000169 (GSS) |
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| Ethnicity | 99.3% White | |
| Website | selby.gov.uk | |
Selby is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. The local authority, Selby District Council, is based in the town of Selby and provides services to an area which includes Tadcaster and a host of villages.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Selby Urban District, Selby Rural District and parts of Derwent Rural District, Hemsworth Rural District, Osgoldcross Rural District and Tadcaster Rural District. Of them, Derwent Rural District was in the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, but the rest were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
On 1 April 1996, the parishes of Acaster Malbis, Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Bishopthorpe, Copmanthorpe, Deighton, Dunnington, Elvington, Fulford, Heslington, Kexby, Naburn and Wheldrake were all transferred from the district to form part of the new City of York unitary authority. According to the 2001 census, those parishes had a population of 22,873.
Selby is twinned with Carentan in France and Filderstadt in Germany.
Read more about Selby District: Towns and Villages
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