Coordinates: 50°40′44″N 3°14′20″W / 50.679°N 3.239°W / 50.679; -3.239

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East Devon District
Shown within Devon
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Devon
Area: - Total	Ranked 44th 814.40 km²
Admin. HQ:	Sidmouth
ONS code:	18UB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2008 est.) - Density	Ranked 149th 132,700 163 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.3% White
Politics
East Devon District Council http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Angela Browning, Hugo Swire

Exeter International Airport

East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in Sidmouth.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Honiton with the urban districts of Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Ottery St. Mary, Seaton, Sidmouth along with Axminster Rural District, Honiton Rural District and part of St. Thomas Rural District.

East Devon is covered by two Parliamentary constituencies, East Devon and Tiverton and Honiton. Both were retained in the 2005 general election by the Conservative Party.

In the 2001 census a third of East Devon's population were over 60. The England average was 24%. East Devon also had a higher number than the England average living in 'Medical and Care Establishments' at 1.6% compared to 0.9%.

It is also one of the least ethnically diverse districts, ranking 342 out of 354 at the time of the 2001 census.

A large amount of East Devon is made up of two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), East Devon AONB and the Blackdown Hills. AONBs have the same level of protection as National parks of England and Wales which restricts new developments, which protects the natural beauty of this district.

The entire East Devon coastline from Exmouth to the border with Dorset is part of the designated World Heritage Site called the Jurassic Coast, the designated area itself continues up to Old Harry Rocks near Swanage.

[edit] Transportation

Exeter International Airport is located in East Devon.

[edit] External links

• East Devon

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