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| Borough of Amber Valley | |
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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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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Derbyshire - Leicestershire - Lincolnshire - Northamptonshire - Nottinghamshire |}