North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire | |
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Kettering, the district's second largest town | |
North Northamptonshire shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Coordinates: 52°24′00″N 0°43′41″W / 52.400°N 0.728°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Ceremonial county | Northamptonshire |
| Incorporated | 1 April 2021 |
| Administrative HQ | Corby Cube |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority with leader and cabinet |
| • Body | North Northamptonshire Council |
| • House of Commons | 3 MPs
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| Area | |
• Total | 381 sq mi (987 km2) |
| • Rank | 25th |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 363,408 |
| • Rank | 23rd |
| • Density | 950/sq mi (368/km2) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode area | |
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| ISO 3166 code | GB-NNH |
| GSS code | E06000061 |
| ITL code | TLF25 |
| GVA | 2021 estimate |
| • Total | £7.4 billion |
| • Per capita | £20,612 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
| • Total | £8.5 billion |
| • Per capita | £23,536 |
North Northamptonshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, and was created in 2021. The council is based in Corby, the district's largest town. Other notable towns are Kettering, Wellingborough, Rushden, Raunds, Desborough, Rothwell, Irthlingborough, Thrapston and Oundle.
North Northamptonshire borders the City of Peterborough, Rutland, Milton Keynes, Huntingdonshire, Bedford, Harborough, West Northamptonshire and South Kesteven districts.
It has a string of lakes along the Nene Valley Conservation Park, associated heritage railway, the village of Fotheringhay which has tombs of the House of York as well as a towering church supported by flying buttresses. This division has a well-preserved medieval castle in private hands next to Corby – Rockingham Castle – and about 20 other notable country houses, many of which have visitor gardens or days.