Fenland

Fenland
Fenland District
Fenland
Lage in Cambridgeshire
Status District
Region East of England
Verw.grafschaft Cambridgeshire
Verwaltungssitz March
Fläche 546,45 km² (91.)
Einwohner 91.400 (252.)
ONS-Code 12UD
Website www.fenland.gov.uk

Fenland ist ein Distrikt in der Grafschaft Cambridgeshire in England. Verwaltungssitz ist March. Weitere bedeutende Orte sind Chatteris, Whittlesey und Wisbech.

Der Bezirk wurde am 1. April 1974 gebildet und entstand aus der Fusion des Borough Wisbech, der Urban Districts Chatteris und Whittlesey Urban District sowie der Rural Districts North Witchford und Wisbech.

Districts in Cambridgeshire

Cambridge | East Cambridgeshire | Fenland | Huntingdonshire | South Cambridgeshire


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