Erewash

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This article is about the borough. For the river, see River Erewash.

Borough of Erewash
— Borough —
Shown within Derbyshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Derbyshire
Founded
Admin. HQ	Ilkeston
Government
• Type	Erewash Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative
• MPs:	Pauline Latham, Jessica Lee
Area
• Total	42.3 sq mi (109.6 km²)
Area rank	211th
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	111,300
• Rank	Ranked 202nd
• Density	2,630.2/sq mi (1,015.5/km²)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode
ISO 3166-2
ONS code	17UG
OS grid reference
NUTS 3
Ethnicity	96.7% White 1.3% S.Asian^[1]
Website	erewash.gov.uk

Erewash ( /ˈɛrəwɒʃ/ erry-wash) is a local government district and borough in eastern Derbyshire, England, to the east of Derby and the west of Nottingham. It contains the towns of Ilkeston, Long Eaton and Sandiacre and fourteen civil parishes.

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Ilkeston, the Long Eaton urban district and part of South East Derbyshire Rural District.

The borough council's headquarters are split between each of the main urban areas at Long Eaton and Ilkeston town halls.

The borough is home to the public school, Trent College and its junior / prep school The Elms School.

[edit] External links

Erewash Borough Council

[edit] References

^ "Neighbourhood Statistics - Erewash (Local Authority)". Office for National Statistics. 2008-08-29. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276921&c=Erewash&d=13&e=13&g=434557&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1206735851510&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1812. Retrieved 2008-12-03.

v d e Ceremonial county of Derbyshire

Unitary authorities	Derby

Boroughs or districts	Amber Valley Bolsover Chesterfield Derbyshire Dales Erewash High Peak North East Derbyshire South Derbyshire

Major settlements	Alfreton Ashbourne Bakewell Belper Bolsover Buxton Chapel-en-le-Frith Chesterfield Clay Cross Darley Dale Derby Dronfield Eckington Glossop Hadfield Heanor Ilkeston Killamarsh Langley Mill Long Eaton Matlock Melbourne New Mills Ripley Sandiacre Shirebrook Staveley Swadlincote Whaley Bridge Wirksworth See also: List of civil parishes in Derbyshire

Rivers	Alport Amber Ashop Bradford Dane Derwent Doe Lea Dove Drone Erewash Etherow Goyt Hipper Kinder Lathkill Manifold Mease Noe Rother Sett Trent Westend Wye

Topics	High Sheriffs Museums Parliamentary constituencies

v d e Districts of the East Midlands

Derbyshire	Amber Valley • Bolsover • Chesterfield • Derby • Derbyshire Dales • Erewash • High Peak • North East Derbyshire • South Derbyshire

Leicestershire	Blaby • Charnwood • Harborough • Hinckley and Bosworth • Leicester • Melton • North West Leicestershire • Oadby and Wigston

Lincolnshire	Boston • East Lindsey • Lincoln • North Kesteven • South Holland • South Kesteven • West Lindsey

Nottinghamshire	Ashfield • Bassetlaw • Broxtowe • Gedling • Mansfield • Newark and Sherwood • Nottingham • Rushcliffe

Northamptonshire	Corby • Daventry • East Northamptonshire • Kettering • Northampton • South Northamptonshire • Wellingborough

Rutland	Rutland

Coordinates: 52°55′N 1°19′W / 52.917°N 1.317°W / 52.917; -1.317

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