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Exmouth
Exmouth, Devon, Eng.
Exmouth
England, United Kingdom
Exmouth, town (parish), East Devon district, administrative and historic county of Devon, southwestern England. It is situated on the east side of the mouth of the River Exe estuary on the English Channel.
Its fort, commanding the estuary to the north, was captured by the Parliamentarians in 1646 during the English Civil Wars. The older fishing and shipbuilding settlement has grown as a seaside resort and residential town and is much frequented as a yachting centre. Exmouth lies near the western terminus of a UNESCO World Heritage site (designated 2001) that encompasses large portions of the coastline of Dorset and eastern Devon. Pop. (2001) 32,972; (2011) 34,432.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.
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