Runton
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 km (2.10 sq mi) and had a population of 1,633 in 784 households at the 2001 census, the population increasing to 1,667 at the 2011 Census.
For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of North Norfolk.
The name 'Runton' means either, 'Runa's farm/settlement' or 'Runi's farm/settlement'.
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.
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ "The Runtons Ward population 2011". Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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