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Swale
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!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Borough of Swale
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Image:KentSwale.png 150px|Swale''Shown within
Kent''
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography
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|width="45%"|Status:||Borough
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Regions of England Region:||
South East England
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|Admin. County:||
Kent
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Surface area Area:
- Total||
List of English districts by area Ranked 126th1 E8 m² 373.40 square kilometre km²
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|Admin. HQ:||
Sittingbourne
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ONS coding system ONS code:||29UM
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics
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Population:
- Total (
2004 est.)
-
Density.html">List of English districts by population
Ranked 150th126,200
338 / km²
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|Ethnicity:||98.1% White
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics
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Image:Arms-swale.jpg 200px|Arms of Swale Borough CouncilSwale Borough Council
http://www.swale.gov.uk/
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Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors Leadership:||Leader & Cabinet
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|Executive:||
Conservative Party (UK) Conservative
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MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 MPs:||
Hugh Robertson,
Derek Wyatt
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'''Swale''' is a
Non-metropolitan district local government district in
Kent,
England. Its council is based in
Sittingbourne. The borough is named after the narrow channel called '''
The Swale''', a channel that separates the mainland of Kent from the
Isle of Sheppey, and which occupies the central part of the district.
The
Roman Empire Roman Watling Street passed through the area, as witness the straightness of the A2 main road, now by-passed by the
M2 motorway. Apart from northern coast of the Isle of Sheppey, and the immediate areas around the towns, it is a mainly rural borough.
The district was formed in
1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972, from the boroughs of
Faversham and
Queenborough-in-Sheppey (which covered all of Sheppey), the
Sittingbourne and Milton urban district and
Swale Rural District.
There are four towns in the borough: Sittingbourne and
Faversham on the mainland;
Sheerness,
Queenborough on the Isle. In addition local government is carried out by the following parish councils:
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Badlesmere, Kent Badlesmere
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Bapchild
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Bobbing, Kent Bobbing
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Borden, Kent Borden
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Boughton-under-Blean
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Bredgar
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Doddington, Kent Doddington
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Dunkirk, Kent Dunkirk
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Eastchurch
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Eastling
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Faversham Without
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Goodnestone
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Graveney
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Hartlip
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Hernhill
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Iwade
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Leaveland
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Leysdown
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Lower Halstow
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Lynsted
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Milstead
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Minster-on-Sea
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Newington, Kent Newington
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Newnham, Kent Newnham
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Norton Buckland & Stone
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Oare, Kent Oare
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Ospringe
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Rodmersham
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Rushenden
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Selling, Kent Selling
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Sheldwich
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Stalisfield
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Teynham
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Throwley
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Tonge
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Tunstall, Kent Tunstall
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Warden, Kent Warden
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Category:Boroughs and Districts of Kent
Category:Shire districts
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