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Basingstoke
A field of buttercups with the skyline of Basingstoke in the background, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, England.
Basingstoke and Deane
district, England, United Kingdom
Basingstoke and Deane, borough and district, administrative and historic county of Hampshire, southern England, west-southwest of London. The borough is largely rural but includes the market town of Basingstoke, the administrative centre.
Its 17th-century cloth industry has been reestablished, and it has a wide range of light industries. In Roman times Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum), located in the northern part of the modern borough, was an important centre. It was designated for planned expansion to accommodate overspill population from Greater London. The production of cereal grains is important in the countryside. Area 245 square miles (634 square km). Pop. (2001) 152,583; (2011 prelim.) 167,800.
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