North Somerset is a unitary authority in England, historically part of the county of Somerset but now administered independently. Between 1974 and 1999, it was in the short-lived administrative county of Avon. It includes Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Nailsea, and Portishead. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of about 190000.

It borders the administrative counties of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and rump Somerset.

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