Bodmin
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Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Bodmin Public Rooms - geograph.org.uk - 1064189.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Bodmin Public Rooms (Capitol Cinema)
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.official_name
- Bodmin
- UK place.cornish_name
- Bosvena
- UK place.population
- 16,909
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.population_demonym
- Bodminite
- UK place.civil_parish
- Bodmin
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Cornwall
- UK place.post_town
- BODMIN
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL31
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01208
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Encyclopedic overview
36 sectionsContents
- Situation and origin of the name
- History
- Rebellions
- "Bodmin Town"
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Bodmin Borough Police
- County town
- Churches
- Parish church of St Petroc
- Other churches
- Archdeaconry of Bodmin
- Sites of interest
- Bodmin Jail
- Institutions
- Other sites
- Education
- Primary schools
- Bodmin College
- Callywith College
- Army School of Education
- Transport
- Sport and leisure
- Cornish wrestling
- Deprivation and crime
- Media
- Town twinning
- Official heraldry
- Official events
- 'Beating the bounds' and 'hurling'
- Notable people
- Sport
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor.
The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordered to the east by Cardinham parish, to the southeast by Lanhydrock parish, to the southwest and west by Lanivet parish, and to the north by Helland parish. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 16,909.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bodmin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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