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{{Short description|Former non-metropolitan district in Cornwall, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox historic subdivision| 
 |Name=                Kerrier District
 |HQ=                  [[Camborne]]
 |Status=              District
 |Origin=              *Borough of [[Helston]]<br> *[[Camborne-Redruth]] Urban District<br> *[[Kerrier Rural District]]
 |Start=               1 April 1974
 |End=                 1 April 2009
 |Replace=             [[Cornwall]] unitary authority
 |Map=                 [[File:CornwallKerrier.png]]
 |Image=               
 |Arms=                [[File:Kerrierdc.jpg]]    
 |Motto=               
 |Government=          District council
 |Divisions=           [[Civil parish]]es
 |DivisionsMap=        [[File:Kerrier Numbered.png]] 
 |CodeName=            ONS code
 |Code=                15UD 
 |PopulationFirst=     78,080<ref>{{cite book |title=Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System |year=1974 |publisher=[[HMSO]] |location=London |isbn=0-11-750847-0 |pages=38 }}</ref> 
 |PopulationFirstYear= 1973 
 |PopulationLast=      92,536<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pop2001/kerrier.asp|title=Census 2001: Kerrier|date=2001-04-01|work=[[United Kingdom Census 2001|Census 2001]]|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=2009-01-05}}</ref> 
 |PopulationLastYear=  2001  
 }}

'''Kerrier''' ({{langx|kw|Keryer}}) was a [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] in [[Cornwall]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]. It was the most southerly district in the United Kingdom, other than the [[Isles of Scilly]]. Its council was based in [[Camborne]] ({{coord|50.214|-5.297|display=inline,title}}). Other towns in the district included [[Redruth]] and [[Helston]]. The district also contained the [[The Lizard|Lizard Peninsula]].

''Kerrier'' is named after one of the ancient administrative [[Hundreds of Cornwall]], [[Kerrier (hundred)|Kerrier]], which covered broadly the same area, but did not have a coast on the north.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, as a merger of the borough of Helston, the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] of [[Camborne–Redruth Urban District|Camborne-Redruth]] and [[Kerrier Rural District]]. On 25 July 2007, [[Cornwall County Council]]'s bid for [[unitary authority]] status was accepted by the government. Kerrier District Council was abolished on 1 April 2009 as part of [[2009 structural changes to local government in England|structural changes to local government in England]].

Cornish musician [[Luke Vibert]] has released a number of albums and singles under the [[pseudonym|alias]] Kerrier District, as a nod to New York musicians Metro Area and a tribute to the place where he grew up.

==See also==
*[[Kerrier District Council elections]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
{{Commons category|Kerrier}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060412170522/http://www.kerrier.gov.uk/ Kerrier District Council website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008171155/http://www.kerrier.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=22751 Kerrier Local election results 2007]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930032840/http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=%28RefNo%3D%27dcker%27%29 Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Kerrier District Council]

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[[Category:Districts of England established in 1974]]
[[Category:English districts abolished in 2009]]
[[Category:Former non-metropolitan districts of Cornwall]]