North Somerset District
Geography
Status:	Unitary, District
Region:	South West England
Ceremonial County:	Somerset
Area: - Total	Ranked 125th 374.68 km²
Admin. HQ:	Weston-super-Mare
ONS code:	00HC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 73rd 189,492 506 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.6% White
Politics
North Somerset Council http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative + Liberal Democrats
MPs:	Brian Cotter, Liam Fox

North Somerset is a unitary authority in England, historically part of the county of Somerset but now administered independently. Between 1974 and April 1, 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the short-lived administrative county of Avon.

It borders the administrative counties of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and Somerset.

Towns and villages

• Abbots Leigh ,
• Backwell, Banwell , Barrow Gurney, Blagdon , Bleadon , Bourton , Brockley , Burrington , Butcombe ,
• Chelvey , Christon , Churchill, North Somerset , Clapton-in-Gordano , Claverham , Clevedon, Cleeve, Congresbury
• Downside , Dundry
• East End , East Rolstone , Easton-in-Gordano
• Failand , Farleigh , Felton , Flax Bourton
• Ham Green , Hewish , Hutton
• Icelton
• Kenn , Kewstoke , Kingston Seymour
• Leigh Woods , Locking , Long Ashton, Lower Langford , Lower Failand , Loxton , Lulsgate Bottom
• Nailsea
• Portishead
• Weston-super-Mare
• Milton
• North End
• Pill , Portbury , Puxton
• Redcliff Bay , Redhill , Regil , Rickford
• Sandford , Sheepway , Sidcot , St George's , St Mary's Grove
• Tickenham
• Uphill , Upper Town
• Walton-in-Gordano , West Wick , West Hill , West End , West Town , Weston-in-Gordano , Wick St Lawrence , Winford , Winscombe , Worle , Wraxall, Wrington
• Yatton