Penwith

Penwith District
Shown within Cornwall
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Cornwall
Area: - Total	Ranked 155th 303.56 km²
Admin. HQ:	Penzance
ONS code:	15UF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 319th 63,924 211 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.9% White
Politics
Penwith District Council http://www.penwith.gov.uk
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative + Independent
MP:	Andrew George

Penwith is a local government district in Cornwall, England. It is the western-most district in England, other than the Isles of Scilly. Its council is based in Penzance. Other places in the district include St. Ives, Hayle and Land's End.

The district is named after an ancient hundred of Cornwall.

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Districts of England - South West England
Bath and North East Somerset \| Bournemouth \| Bristol \| Caradon \| Carrick \| Cheltenham \| Christchurch \| Cotswold \| East Devon \| East Dorset \| Exeter \| Forest of Dean \| Gloucester \| Isles of Scilly \| Kennet \| Kerrier \| Mendip \| Mid Devon \| North Cornwall \| North Devon \| North Dorset \| North Somerset \| North Wiltshire \| Penwith \| Plymouth \| Poole \| Purbeck \| Restormel \| Salisbury \| Sedgemoor \| South Gloucestershire \| South Hams \| South Somerset \| Stroud \| Swindon \| Taunton Deane \| Teignbridge \| Tewkesbury \| Torbay \| Torridge \| West Devon \| West Dorset \| West Somerset \| West Wiltshire \| Weymouth and Portland
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire