Caradon
Sign in to saveCaradon was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It contained five towns: Callington, Liskeard, Looe, Saltash and Torpoint, and over 80 villages and hamlets within 41 civil parishes. Its district council was based in Liskeard.
Key facts
- Historic subdivision.Name
- Caradon
- Historic subdivision.HQ
- Liskeard
- Historic subdivision.Status
- District
- Historic subdivision.Start
- 1 April 1974
- Historic subdivision.End
- 1 April 2009
- Historic subdivision.Replace
- Cornwall unitary authority
- Historic subdivision.Map
- 250pxShown within Cornwall
- Historic subdivision.Arms
- 150px
- Historic subdivision.Government
- District council
- Historic subdivision.Divisions
- Civil parishes
- Historic subdivision.DivisionsMap
- 250px
- Historic subdivision.CodeName
- ONS code
- Historic subdivision.Code
- 15UB
- Historic subdivision.PopulationFirst
- 58,520
- Historic subdivision.PopulationFirstYear
- 1973
- Historic subdivision.PopulationLast
- 79,647
- Historic subdivision.PopulationLastYear
- 2001
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Caradon was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It contained five towns: Callington, Liskeard, Looe, Saltash and Torpoint, and over 80 villages and hamlets within 41 civil parishes. Its district council was based in Liskeard.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the boroughs of Liskeard and Saltash with the urban districts of Looe and Torpoint, along with Liskeard Rural District and St Germans Rural District.