Braunton
Braunton is an English town, civil parish, clerical church and previous estate in Devon. The village is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Barnstaple. While not the largest village in England, it is amongst the most populous in Devon with a population at the 2011 census of 7,353 people. There are 2 selecting wards (East and West). Their joint population at the above census was 8,218. Within the church is the productive, low-lying Braunton Great Area, which joins the undulating Braunton Burrows, the Core Location in North Devon Biosphere Book, the largest psammosere (sand dune system) in England. It confronts the Atlantic Ocean at the west of the church at the large beach of Saunton Sands, among the South West's international-standard surfing coastlines. The population of Braunton, according to the census of 1801, was 1,296. This number enhanced fairly swiftly in the thirty years to 1831, to 2,047 however the rate of boost slowed down during the next ten years as well as accompanying the arrival of the railway dropped from 2,364 in 1851 to 2,089 in 1881. Population growth resumed and saw practically a doubling between 1961 and 2011, to 8,128 individuals. Data for 1801-- 1961 is readily available at Britain Via Time. The 2001 and also 2011 Demographics offer in-depth details regarding the village. The settlement's population in 2011 were staying in 3,552 households.
