Breckland
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| Breckland District | |
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 Shown within Norfolk | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | East of England |
| Admin. County: | Norfolk |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 12th 1,305.12 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Dereham |
| ONS code: | 33UB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 151st 124,422 95 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.5% White |
| Politics | |
| Breckland District Council http://www.breckland.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Christopher Fraser, Keith Simpson |
Breckland is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Dereham.
It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the borough of Thetford, the urban districts of East Dereham, and Swaffham, and Wayland Rural District, Mitford and Launditch Rural District and Swaffham Rural District.
| Districts of England - East of England | 
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Babergh | Basildon | Bedford | Braintree | Breckland | Brentwood | Broadland | Broxbourne | Cambridge | Castle Point | Chelmsford | Colchester | Dacorum | East Cambridgeshire | East Hertfordshire | Epping Forest | Fenland | Forest Heath | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Hertsmere | Huntingdonshire | Ipswich | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Luton | Maldon | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Suffolk | North Hertfordshire | North Norfolk | Norwich | Peterborough | Rochford | St Albans | St Edmundsbury | South Bedfordshire | South Cambridgeshire | Southend-on-Sea | South Norfolk | Stevenage | Suffolk Coastal | Tendring | Three Rivers | Thurrock | Uttlesford | Watford | Waveney | Welwyn Hatfield | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk |