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{{Infobox UK district
|name = Craven
|image = [[Image:NorthYorkshireCraven.png|150px|Craven]]<br>''Shown within [[North Yorkshire]]''
|status = [[Non-metropolitan district|District]]
|region = [[Yorkshire and the Humber]]
|admincounty = [[North Yorkshire]]
|area = [[List of English districts by area|Ranked 15th]]<br>[[1 E9 m²|1,178.81]] [[square kilometre|km²]]
|adminhq = [[Skipton]]
|onscode = 36UB
|population = [[List of English districts by population|Ranked {{English district rank|ONS=36UB}}]]<br>{{English district population|ONS=36UB}}<br>{{English district density|ONS=36UB}} / km²
|ethnicity = 96.1% White<br>2.0% S.Asian<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=277069&c=craven&d=13&e=13&g=475423&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1206654091593&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1812
|title = Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages); Mid-2005 Population Estimates
|accessdate = 2008-03-28
|work = National Statistics Online
|publisher=Office for National Statistics
}}
</ref>
|politics = Craven District Council<br>http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/
|leadership = Alternative - Sec.31
|executive = {{English district control|ONS=36UB}}
|mayor =
|mp = [[David Curry]]
|year = 2005
}}
'''Craven''' is an area in [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]]. The name ''Craven'' is Celtic ([[Cumbric]]) in origin and is related to the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] word ''craf'', or '[[garlic]]'. In the middle ages, the area was known for its wild garlic.
Craven, or '''Cravenshire''' has been used as a name for the area around [[Skipton]] for centuries, although the boundaries have differed. Occasionally Craven has included the local towns of [[Keighley]] (now part of the [[City of Bradford]]) and [[Barnoldswick]] (now part of the [[Lancashire]] borough of [[Pendle]]). There is a [[Craven (Bradford Ward)|Craven ward]] in the borough of [[Bradford]].
== History ==
A Craven [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] of [[North Yorkshire]] came into being in [[Local Government Act 1972|1974]], centred on the market town of [[Skipton]]. In the changes to British local government of that year it was formed as the merger of [[Skipton]] urban district, [[Settle Rural District]] and most of [[Skipton Rural District]], all in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]].
== Towns ==
The largest town in Craven is [[Skipton]]. This is followed by [[Settle]].
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/craven/ Craven District Website]
*[http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/public/site/NYCC/menuitem.1df599f14619e9412ff8911040008a0c/?vgnextoid=9b08a6cd3facbf00VgnVCMServer0d6519acRCRD North Yorkshire County Council]
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