Kennet District

Coordinates: 51°21′07″N 1°59′42″W / 51.352°N 1.995°W / 51.352; -1.995

Kennet District
Shown within non-metropolitan Wiltshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Wiltshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 28th 966.62 km²
Admin. HQ:	Devizes
ONS code:	46UB
Demographics
Ethnicity:	96.7% White 1.0% S.Asian 1.0% Mixed Race 0.6% Black 0.7% Chinese or other
Politics
Kennet District Council
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31

Kennet was a non-metropolitan local government district in Wiltshire, England, abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. It was named after the River Kennet.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Devizes, Marlborough, and Devizes Rural District, Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District and Pewsey Rural District.

The district council was based at offices in Devizes. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, when its functions were taken over by the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority.

See also

• Kennet local elections
• Kennet District Council election, 2007

Ceremonial county of Wiltshire
Unitary authorities	Swindon Wiltshire Council
Major settlements	Amesbury Bradford on Avon Bulford Camp Calne Chippenham Corsham Cricklade Devizes Highworth Larkhill Ludgershall Malmesbury Marlborough Melksham Mere Royal Wootton Bassett Salisbury Swindon Tidworth Tisbury Trowbridge Warminster Westbury Wilton Wroughton See also: List of civil parishes in Wiltshire
Rivers	Biss Blackwater Bourne Bristol Avon Chalke Cole Damson Ebble Hampshire Avon Kennet Key Nadder Nine Mile Og Thames Till Wylye
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2009 structural changes to local government in England
Bedfordshire Abolished Bedford Mid Bedfordshire South Bedfordshire New Bedford Central Bedfordshire Existing (1990s) Luton
Cheshire Abolished Chester Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Ellesmere Port and Neston Macclesfield Vale Royal New Cheshire West and Chester Cheshire East Existing (1990s) Warrington Halton
Cornwall Abolished Caradon Carrick Kerrier North Cornwall Penwith Restormel New Cornwall Existing (1890s) Isles of Scilly
County Durham Abolished Chester-le-Street Derwentside Durham Easington Sedgefield Teesdale Wear Valley New Durham Existing (1990s) Hartlepool Darlington Stockton-on-Tees
Northumberland Abolished Alnwick Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Castle Morpeth Tynedale Wansbeck New Northumberland Existing (1990s) None
Shropshire Abolished Bridgnorth North Shropshire Oswestry Shrewsbury and Atcham South Shropshire New Shropshire Existing (1990s) Telford and Wrekin
Wiltshire Abolished Salisbury West Wiltshire Kennet North Wiltshire New Wiltshire Existing (1990s) Swindon