Stroud (district)

Stroud District is a district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. The district covers many outlying towns and villages. The towns forming the district are Dursley, Minchinhampton, Nailsworth, Painswick, Stonehouse, Berkeley, Stroud (the administrative centre) and Wotton-under-Edge. The district borders the Cotswold District, City of Gloucester, Borough of Tewkesbury, Forest of Dean District and South Gloucestershire. The largest settlement is Stroud, followed by Cam and Dursley. Stroud District Council was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974, by a merger of Nailsworth and Stroud urban districts, Dursley Rural District, Stroud Rural District, and parts of Gloucester Rural District, Sodbury Rural District and Thornbury Rural District. In 1991 following a boundary review the Parish of Hillesely and Tresham was transferred from Northavon District Council to Stroud. This area was formerly in the Chipping Sodbury Rural District Council area. At the same review the parish of Quedgeley (formerly in Gloucester Rural) was transferred from Stroud to Gloucester City. The area is rich in Iron Age and Roman remnants and is of particular interest to archaeologists for its Neolithic burial grounds, of which there are over 100. Much of its wealth was built on the cloth industry during the Victorian era, and its many mills, most of which are now listed buildings, survive as testament to this. Much of the landscape in this area is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The esteemed Cotswold Way walk leads through the area. There are gliding clubs at Aston Down and Nympsfield. Elections to the district council since 2016 are now held on a whole council basis every four years. Previously since 1983 elections by thirds took place in three out of every four years. At the 2016 election, the coalition of Labour, Greens and the Liberal Democrats retained its majority on Stroud District Council. The 2019 general election saw Siobhan Kathleen Baillie, a British Conservative Party politician, elected as Member of Parliament for Stroud.

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Stroud

Stroud est une petite ville et une paroisse civile située dans le Gloucestershire, en Angleterre. C'est la principale ville du district de Stroud. Située à l'ouest des Cotswolds, au lieu de rencontre des , la ville est connue pour ses rues escarpées et sa . Bien que ne faisant officiellement pas partie de la ville, les paroisses de Rodborough et Cainscross sont adjacentes à Stroud et sont souvent considérées comme en faisant partie. Les trois paroisses avaient une population de 23.644 habitants en 2001.

Stroud (district)

Gloucestershire

Le Gloucestershire est un comté situé dans le sud-ouest de l'Angleterre. Le comté comprend une partie des Cotswolds, une partie de la vallée fertile du fleuve Severn et toute la forêt de Dean. La capitale en est Gloucester et les autres villes principales sont Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester et Tewkesbury. Les comtés voisins sont le Gwent au Pays de Galles et les comtés cérémoniels de Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire et Wiltshire en Angleterre. L'abréviation postale officielle est « Glos.