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Shown within CambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
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March March is a Fenland market town in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England.March was the county town of the Isle of Ely, a separate administrative county between 1889 and 1965, and is now the administrative centre of Fenland District Council....
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Malcolm Moss Malcolm Douglas Moss is a politician in the United Kingdom, and Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire North East.-Early life:...
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Fenland is a local government districtNon-metropolitan districts, or colloquially shire districts, are a type of local government district in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement...
in CambridgeshireCambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Its council is based in MarchMarch is a Fenland market town in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England.March was the county town of the Isle of Ely, a separate administrative county between 1889 and 1965, and is now the administrative centre of Fenland District Council....
, and covers the neighbouring market towns of ChatterisChatteris is a civil parish and one of four market towns in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in The Fens between Huntingdon, March and Ely...
, WhittleseyWhittlesey is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England...
, and WisbechWisbech is a market town and inland port with a population of about 20,000 in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
, often called the "capital of the fens".. The district covers around 500 square kilometres of mostly agricultural land in the extremely flat FensThe Fens, also known as the Fenland, is a geographic area in eastern England, in the United Kingdom.The Fenland primarily lies around the coast of the Wash; it reaches into two Government regions , four ceremonial counties , 11 District Councils and six postcode areas The Fens, also known as the...
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It was formed on 1 April 1974, with the merger of the Borough of WisbechWisbech is a market town and inland port with a population of about 20,000 in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire. The tidal River Nene runs through the centre of the town and is spanned by two bridges...
, ChatterisChatteris is a civil parish and one of four market towns in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England, situated in The Fens between Huntingdon, March and Ely...
Urban District, MarchMarch is a Fenland market town in the Isle of Ely area of Cambridgeshire, England.March was the county town of the Isle of Ely, a separate administrative county between 1889 and 1965, and is now the administrative centre of Fenland District Council....
Urban District, WhittleseyWhittlesey is an ancient Fenland market town around six miles east of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire in England...
Urban District, North Witchford Rural DistrictNorth Witchford was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1974. It was named after the ancient hundred of North Witchford.It was formed in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 based on the North Witchford rural sanitary district. It covered the parishes of Benwick, Doddington, Manea,...
and Wisbech Rural DistrictWisbech was a rural district in Cambridgeshire in England from 1894 to 1974.It was formed from that part of the Wisbech rural sanitary district which was in Cambridgeshire, by the Local Government Act 1894. It covered the parishes of Elm, Leverington, Outwell, Parson Drove, Tydd St Giles, Upwell...
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Economy
The Fenland economy has for years been built upon farming and food related industry. The food industry is now well established, and related processing, storage, packaging and distribution has become more sophisticated and diverse. The predominantly rural economy of the area has also included a strong industrial tradition, including brick making, printing and engineering, but many Fenland residents already travel outside the area to work.
As growth of the local economy from CambridgeThe city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. It is also at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen....
continues, the pressure for outsourcing of industry, housing and jobs is expected to move northwards{{Fact|date=July 2007}}. Chatteris will be given priority for economic regeneration in the Cambridge sub-region{{Fact|date=July 2007}} and further housing allocations will be dependent on improving job prospects.
Twinning
Fenland is twinned with:
- Nettetal
Nettetal is a municipality in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Geography :Nettetal is not a town itself, but a federation of villages that have developed around the river Nette, and the worked-out gravel pits that now form five lakes. It is situated on the border with the...
in Kreis Viersen in GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
- Cook County
Cook County is the name of three counties in the United States and one in Australia.By far the most populous of these, the most populous in its state, and the second most populous county in the U.S...
, New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
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