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| Braunton | |
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  Braunton Location within Devon | |
| Population | 7,353 [1] (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SS485365 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRAUNTON |
| Postcode district | EX33 |
| Dialling code | 01271 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Braunton is a large village, civil parish, ecclesiastical parish and former manor in Devon. The village is situated 5 miles (8 km) west of Barnstaple. It is one of the largest villages in Devon with a population at the 2021 census of 10,217 people.[2] There are two electoral wards (East and West). Their joint population at the above census was 8,218.[3][4] Within the parish is the fertile, low-lying Braunton Great Field, which adjoins the undulating Braunton Burrows, the Core Area in North Devon Biosphere Reserve, the largest psammosere (sand dune system) in England. It confronts the Atlantic Ocean at the west of the parish at the large beach of Saunton Sands, one of the South West's international-standard surfing beaches.
- ^ "South West England (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map".
- ^ "Parish Headcounts: North Devon". Parish census 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Braunton East ward 2011". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ "Braunton West ward 2011". Retrieved 20 February 2015.