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South West
Admin HQBristol/Plymouth
Area
 - Total
1st in England
23,829 km²
Population
 - Total (2001)
 - Density
7th in England
4,928,458
207/km²
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South West England is one of a regions of England. These are south-west of the United Kingdom, and covers a region called a West Country and much of the historical locality of Wessex, although omitting Hampshire. Although referendums got been planned around whether elective assemblies should exist as install in a few of the regions, none was planned to the south West.

It was originally divided into merely Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Since so, Avon has been abolished, & numbers of territory own separated from either their original county.

South West England is one of a constituencies utilized for elections to the European Parliament. From either a 2004 election onwards, Gibraltar has been included inside a area for the purpose of elections to the European parliament merely.

There exists a select few tilt above a status of Cornwall within the vicinity. When numbers of assume it the share of England, the important minority assume it to become a united states around its have best. Virtually all one don't advocate independence, yet, however devolution outside an unreal "Devonwall"/"South West" region. The petition for the Cornish assembly has received above 50,000 signatures.

A greatest point of the vicinity is High Willhays, at 621 metres. These are a greatest hill inside Dartmoor.






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