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Bournemouth

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Bournemouth

Borough o Bournemouth
The Square, Bournemouth
The Square, Bournemouth
Motto(s): 
"Pulchritudo et Salubritas"
"beauty an heal"
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Constituent kintraIngland
RegionSooth Wast Ingland
Ceremonial coontyDorset
Historic coontyHampshire
Foondit1810
Foondit biLewis Tregonwell
Admin. HQBournemouth
Govrenment
 • TeepBournemouth Borough Cooncil
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive:Conservative
 • MPs:Conor Burns,
Tobias Ellwood
 • MayorEdward Coope
Area
 • Toun, Borough an unitary authority46.18 km2 (17.83 sq mi)
Area rank276t
Population
 (2011)
 • Toun, Borough an unitary authority183,491
 • RankRanked 88t
 • Density4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
466,266 (16t)
 • Metro
600,000 (19t)
 • Ethnicity
(2011 Census)
91.9% White Breetish
2.3% Mixed Race
3.9% Asian
1.0% Black
0.9% Arab
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (Breetish Simmer Time)
Postcode
BH1–11
Area code(s)01202
Websitewww.bournemouth.gov.uk

Bournemouth is a muckle coastal resort toun on the sooth coast o Ingland directly tae the east o the Jurassic Coast, a 96-mile (155 km) Warld Heritage Steid.[1]

References

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  1. "Dorset and East Devon Coast" (web page). UNESCO World Heritage Centre. 2001. Retrieved 16 Mairch 2015.