North Northamptonshire

North Northamptonshire
Unitary authority area
Kettering, the district's second largest town
North Northamptonshire shown within Northamptonshire
Coordinates: 52°24′00″N 0°43′41″W / 52.400°N 0.728°W / 52.400; -0.728
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East Midlands
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Incorporated	1 April 2021
Administrative HQ	Corby Cube
Government [1]
• Type	Unitary authority with leader and cabinet
• Body	North Northamptonshire Council
• House of Commons	3 MPs Lee Barron (L) Rosie Wrighting (L) Gen Kitchen (L)
Area [2]
• Total	381 sq mi (987 km2)
• Rank	25th
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	363,408
• Rank	23rd
• Density	950/sq mi (368/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 90.3% White 3.5% Asian 3.1% Black 2.3% Mixed 0.8% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 47.9% Christianity 42.6% no religion 1.3% Hinduism 1.2% Islam 0.5% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.1% Judaism 0.5% other 5.6% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	NN
Dialling codes	01536 01933
ISO 3166 code	GB-NNH
GSS code	E06000061
ITL code	TLF25
GVA	2021 estimate[5]
• Total	£7.4 billion
• Per capita	£20,612
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate[5]
• Total	£8.5 billion
• Per capita	£23,536

North Northamptonshire is one of two local government districts in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. It was created in 2021.^[6] The council is based in Corby, the district's largest town. Other notable towns are Kettering, Wellingborough, Rushden, Raunds, Desborough, Rothwell, Irthlingborough, Thrapston and Oundle.

North Northamptonshire borders the Peterborough, Rutland, Milton Keynes, Huntingdonshire, Bedford, Harborough, West Northamptonshire and South Kesteven.

It has a string of lakes along the Nene Valley Conservation Park, associated heritage railway, the village of Fotheringhay which has tombs of the House of York as well as a towering church supported by flying buttresses. This division has a well-preserved medieval castle in private hands next to Corby – Rockingham Castle – and about 20 other notable country houses, many of which have visitor gardens or days.