Runton

Runton

Runton

Human settlement in England

Runton is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk consisting of the villages of East Runton and West Runton. It covers an area of 5.44 km2 (2.10 sq mi) and had a population of 1,633 in 784 households at the 2001 census,[1] the population increasing to 1,667 at the 2011 Census.[2] For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.

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The name 'Runton' means either, 'Runa's farm/settlement' or 'Runi's farm/settlement'.[3]

Governance

Runton falls in the electoral ward called The Runtons. This ward stretches south to Aylmerton and had a total population at the 2011 census of 2,125.[4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  2. [2]
    "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Key to English Place-names".
  4. [4]
    "The Runtons Ward population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.



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