Stockton-on-Tees (borough)

Stockton-on-Tees is a local government district and borough in north-east England, with a resident population in 2001 of 178,408 rising to 185,880 in 2005 estimates.

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Local government district - Borough - England

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The borough of Stockton-on-Tees is made up of several smaller towns. Stockton-on-Tees with a resident population of 82,880, Billingham, 36,720, and Thornaby-on-Tees, 23,200 being the main settlements along with the smaller towns of Yarm, Ingleby Barwick and Norton. Durham Tees Valley Airport is also partly within the borough. The Stockton-on-Tees borough accounts for the largest amount of residents within the Teesside and Hartlepool urban area.

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Stockton-on-Tees - Billingham - Thornaby-on-Tees - Yarm - Ingleby Barwick - Norton - Durham Tees Valley Airport - Teesside

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The core of the town was traditionally in County Durham, but the borough

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spilled over the river into Yorkshire. It was made part of Cleveland in 1974, and then became a unitary authority on April 1, 1996. For ceremonial purposes the borough is split between County Durham and the North Yorkshire.

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Yorkshire - Cleveland - 1974 - Unitary authority - April 1 - 1996 - North Yorkshire

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