Wychavon

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Wychavon District
Shown within Worcestershire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	West Midlands
Admin. County:	Worcestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 61st 663.54 km²
Admin. HQ:	Pershore
ONS code:	47UF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 173rd 116,900 176 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
Wychavon District Council http://www.wychavon.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Peter Luff, Jacqui Smith, Michael Spicer

Wychavon is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in Pershore. Other towns in the district include Droitwich and Evesham. The district extends from the south-east corner of Worcestershire north and west. The districts to the west are Malvern Hills and Worcester and to the north Wyre Forest .

The district was created under the Local Government Act 1972, on April 1, 1974. It was a merger of the boroughs of Droitwich and Evesham along with Evesham Rural District and most of Droitwich Rural District and most of Pershore Rural District.

The district's name, which was invented in 1973, contains two elements. "Wych" recalls the Saxon Kingdom of Hwicca, and "Avon" is for the River Avon.

Districts of the West Midlands
Birmingham \| Bridgnorth \| Bromsgrove \| Cannock Chase \| Coventry \| Dudley \| East Staffordshire \| Herefordshire \| Lichfield \| Malvern Hills \| Newcastle-under-Lyme \| North Shropshire \| North Warwickshire \| Nuneaton and Bedworth \| Oswestry \| Redditch \| Rugby \| Sandwell \| Shrewsbury and Atcham \| Solihull \| South Shropshire \| South Staffordshire \| Stafford \| Staffordshire Moorlands \| Stoke-on-Trent \| Stratford-on-Avon \| Tamworth \| Telford and Wrekin \| Walsall \| Warwick \| Wolverhampton \| Worcester \| Wychavon \| Wyre Forest
Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire