Local Authorities Districts - United Kingdom
This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. This dataset contains data for local authorities districts in the United Kingdom: Unitary Authorities London Boroughs Metropolitan Districts Non-metropolitan Districts Council Areas Local Government Districts Processo...
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Data schema (13 fields)
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| Fill | Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | geo_point_2dGeo Point | geo_point_2d | — |
| — | geo_shapeShape | geo_shape | — |
| — | year | date | — |
| — | ctry_codeOfficial Code Country | text | — |
| — | ctry_nameOfficial Name Country | text | — |
| — | rgn_codeOfficial Code Region | text | — |
| — | rgn_nameOfficial Name Region | text | — |
| — | ctyua_codeOfficial Code County/Unitary district | text | — |
| — | ctyua_nameOfficial Name County/Unitary district | text | — |
| — | lad_codeOfficial Code Local authority district | text | — |
| 100% | lad_nameOfficial Name Local authority district | text | — |
| 100% | lad_area_codeIso 3166-3 Area Code | text | — |
| 100% | lad_typeType | text | — |
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E07000094"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E07000094"
],
"lad_name": "Winchester",
"lad_type": "non-metropolitan district",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000008"
],
"rgn_name": "South East",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E10000014"
],
"ctyua_name": "Hampshire",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 51.0282711927029,
"lon": -1.2212041277375654
},
"lad_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 2year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E07000144"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E07000144"
],
"lad_name": "Broadland",
"lad_type": "non-metropolitan district",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000006"
],
"rgn_name": "East of England",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E10000020"
],
"ctyua_name": "Norfolk",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 52.70131609173196,
"lon": 1.3098324173870635
},
"lad_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 3year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E07000070"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E07000070"
],
"lad_name": "Chelmsford",
"lad_type": "non-metropolitan district",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000006"
],
"rgn_name": "East of England",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E10000012"
],
"ctyua_name": "Essex",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 51.72566099341969,
"lon": 0.48057102027354726
},
"lad_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 4year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E07000180"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E07000180"
],
"lad_name": "Vale of White Horse",
"lad_type": "non-metropolitan district",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000008"
],
"rgn_name": "South East",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E10000025"
],
"ctyua_name": "Oxfordshire",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 51.6342281164953,
"lon": -1.4416211766219424
},
"lad_area_code": "GBR"
}Record 5year: 2024 · lad_code: ["E08000023"]
{
"year": "2024",
"lad_code": [
"E08000023"
],
"lad_name": "South Tyneside",
"lad_type": "metropolitan district",
"rgn_code": [
"E12000001"
],
"rgn_name": "North East",
"ctry_code": [
"E92000001"
],
"ctry_name": "England",
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"ctyua_code": [
"E08000023"
],
"ctyua_name": "South Tyneside",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 54.96273979677403,
"lon": -1.4445185221580505
},
"lad_area_code": "GBR"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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