Braunton
Braunton is an English village, civil parish, clerical church and previous manor in Devon. The village is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Barnstaple. While not the largest village in England, it is among one of the most heavily populated in Devon with a population at the 2011 census of 7,353 individuals. There are 2 selecting wards (East and West). Their joint population at the above census was 8,218. Within the parish is the productive, low-lying Braunton Great Area, which joins the undulating Braunton Burrows, the Core Area in North Devon Biosphere Reserve, the largest psammosere (dune system) in England. It challenges the Atlantic Sea at the west of the church at the huge beach of Saunton Sands, among the South West's international-standard surfing beaches. The population of Braunton, according to the census of 1801, was 1,296. This number raised rather swiftly in the thirty years to 1831, to 2,047 nonetheless the rate of boost slowed during the following 10 years and accompanying the arrival of the railway fell from 2,364 in 1851 to 2,089 in 1881. Population growth returned to as well as saw nearly a doubling between 1961 as well as 2011, to 8,128 people. Data for 1801-- 1961 is offered at Britain Through Time. The 2001 and 2011 Demographics offer comprehensive information about the village. The negotiation's population in 2011 were residing in 3,552 families.