Tadcaster is a market town as well as civil parish in the Selby area of North Yorkshire, England, 3 miles (5 kilometres) east of the Great North Road, 12 miles (19 kilometres) north-east of Leeds, and also 10 miles (16 km) south-west of York. The River Wharfe joins the River Ouse concerning 10 miles (16 kilometres) downstream from it. Tadcaster is twinned with Saint-Chély-d'Apcher in France. For city government objectives, the River Wharfe splits the town right into eastern and western selecting wards. The combined population of Tadcaster East as well as Tadcaster West in 2004 was 7,280, 3,800 in Tadcaster East as well as 3,480 in Tadcaster West (source: Office for National Statistics). The regional authority is Selby District Council. Tadcaster provided its name to a much larger country area council, Tadcaster Rural District and also various other management areas. This may result in confusion when comparing the dimension as well as level of the present town with info for earlier durations. For example, the population in 1911 of the Tadcaster sub-district was 6831 compared to that of the Tadcaster Registration Area, 32052 (source: A Vision of Britain via time).