Civil parishes in England  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Parish Location England Found in Districts Created by Various,
see text Created Various, see text Number 10,458 (as of 20101)
Possible types City Populations 0–80,000 Government City council
Community council Neighbourhood council Parish council Town
council Village council Map of English parishes and Welsh
communities  In England, a civil parish is a territorial
designation which is the lowest tier of local government below
districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary
authority. It is an administrative parish, in contrast to an
ecclesiastical parish.  A civil parish can range in size from a
large town with a population of around 80,000 to a single
village with fewer than a hundred inhabitants. In a limited
number of cases a parish might include a whole city where city
status has been granted by the Monarch. Reflecting this diverse
nature, a civil parish may be known as a