Sovereign state United Kingdom Area rank 152nd | Constituent country England Area 265.5 km² | |
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Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in Derbyshire, England. It takes its name from the River Amber and covers a semi-rural area with a number of small towns whose economy was formerly based on coal mining and engineering. The parliamentary constituency of Amber Valley covers a similar area. The Local Authority population at the 2011 Census was 122,309.
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- Amber valley gymnastics display team gymfusion october 13
- Amber valley
- Politics
- Towns of Amber Valley
- Main villages of Amber Valley
- Parishes
- References
The village of Crich and the Amber Valley area were the setting for the ITV drama series Peak Practice.
Amber valley
Politics
Elections to the borough council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 45 seats on the council being elected at each election. The council has been controlled by the Conservative party since they gained control from the Labour party at the 2000 election except for a single year after the 2014 election. As of the 2015 election the council returned to Conservative party control and is currently composed of the following councillors:-
Towns of Amber Valley
Main villages of Amber Valley
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Alfreton, Belper, Heanor and Ripley Rural District and Belper Rural District. The district was granted borough status in 1988.
Parishes
