Ceevil pairish
| Ceevil pairish (Ingland) | |
|---|---|
| Category | Pairish |
| Location | Ingland |
| Foond in | Destricts |
| Creautit bi | Various, see text |
| Creautit | Various, see text |
| Nummer | 10,449 (as of 2015[1]) |
| Possible teeps | Ceety Commonty Neebourheid Pairish Toun Veelage |
| Populations | 0–80,000 |
| Govrenment | Ceety cooncil Commonty cooncil Neebourheid cooncil Pairish cooncil Toun cooncil Veelage cooncil |
In Ingland, a ceevil pairish is a territorial designation which is the lawest tier o local govrenment belaw destricts an counties, or their combined fuirm, the unitar authority. It is a admeenistrative pairish, in contrast tae a ecclesiastical pairish.
A ceevil pairish can range in size frae a muckle toun wi a population o aroond 80,000 tae a single veelage wi fewer than a hunder inhabitants. In a limitit nummer o cases a pairish micht include a whole ceety whaur ceety status haes been grantit bi the Monarch. Reflectin this diverse naitur, a ceevil pairish mey be kent as a toun, veelage, neebourheid or commonty bi resolution o its pairish cooncil. Approximately 35% o the Inglis population live in a ceevil pairish. As o 31 Dizember 2015 thare wur 10,449 pairishes in Ingland.[1]
On 1 Apryle 2014, Queen's Park became the first ceevil pairish in Greater Lunnon.[2] Afore 2008 their creation wis no permittit athin a Lunnon burgh.[3]