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Local authority

West Dorset District Council

About this entity

Fact links
CURIE local-authority:WDO no fact link
Prefix local-authority Facts about Prefix
Reference WDO Facts about Reference
Name West Dorset District Council Facts about Name
Quality Some: We have some data from an alternative source no fact link
Dataset Local authority no fact link
Organisation West Dorset District Council no fact link
Start date Facts about Start date
End date 2019-03-31 Facts about End date
Entry date 2025-02-19 Facts about Entry date
Typology organisation no fact link
Region E12000009 Facts about Region
Website https://www.dorsetforyou.com Facts about Website
Wikidata Q73072826 Facts about Wikidata
Billing authority E1237 Facts about Billing authority
Local authority type NMD Facts about Local authority type
Parliament thesaurus 94388 Facts about Parliament thesaurus
Addressbase custodian 1230 Facts about Addressbase custodian
Statistical geography E07000052 Facts about Statistical geography
Open Data Communities URI http://opendatacommunities.org/id/district-council/west-dorset Facts about Open Data Communities URI
Local Authority District E07000052 Facts about Local Authority District

Contents 

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        "geometry": "",
        "point": "",
        "quality": "some",
        "region": "E12000009",
        "website": "https://www.dorsetforyou.com",
        "wikidata": "Q73072826",
        "billing-authority": "E1237",
        "local-authority-type": "NMD",
        "parliament-thesaurus": "94388",
        "addressbase-custodian": "1230",
        "statistical-geography": "E07000052",
        "opendatacommunities-uri": "http://opendatacommunities.org/id/district-council/west-dorset",
        "local-authority-district": "E07000052"
    }

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