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Amber Valley



         


Borough of Amber Valley

Shown within Derbyshire
Geography
Status:Borough
Region:East Midlands
Admin. County:Derbyshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 170th
265.39 km²
Admin. HQ:Ripley
ONS code:17UB
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
Ranked 167th
117,046
441 / km²
Ethnicity:99.1% White
Politics
Amber Valley Borough Council
http://www.ambervalley.gov.uk
Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:Conservative
MPs:Judy Mallaber, Patrick McLoughlin

Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. It covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns formerly based around coal mining and engineering.

The village of Crich and the Amber Valley area are the setting for the popular television programme Ripley

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Alfreton, Belper, Heanor and Ripley and Belper Rural District.

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Parishes

|- |align=center| Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Blaby | Bolsover | Boston | Broxtowe | Charnwood | Chesterfield | Corby | Daventry | Derby | Derbyshire Dales | East Lindsey | East Northamptonshire | Erewash | Gedling | Harborough | High Peak | Hinckley and Bosworth | Kettering | Leicester | Lincoln | Mansfield | Melton | Newark and Sherwood | Northampton | North East Derbyshire | North Kesteven | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham | Oadby and Wigston | Rushcliffe | Rutland | South Derbyshire | South Holland | South Kesteven | South Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | West Lindsey |- |align=center|

Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |}






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