North Northamptonshire

North Northamptonshire
Unitary authority area
Kettering, the district's second largest town
North Northamptonshire shown within Northamptonshire
Coordinates: 52°24′00″N 0°43′41″W / 52.400°N 0.728°W / 52.400; -0.728
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East Midlands
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Incorporated	1 April 2021
Administrative HQ	Corby Cube
Government [1]
• Type	Unitary authority with leader and cabinet
• Body	North Northamptonshire Council
• Control	Conservative
• Leader	Jason Smithers (C)
• Chair	Barbara Jenney
• Chief Executive	Adele Wylie
• House of Commons	3 MPs Tom Pursglove (C) Philip Hollobone (C) Gen Kitchen (L)
Area [2]
• Total	381 sq mi (987 km2)
• Rank	25th
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	363,408
• Rank	23rd
• Density	950/sq mi (368/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 90.3% White 3.5% Asian 3.1% Black 2.3% Mixed 0.8% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 47.9% Christianity 42.6% no religion 1.3% Hinduism 1.2% Islam 0.5% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.1% Judaism 0.5% other 5.6% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	NN
Dialling codes	01536 01933
ISO 3166 code	GB-NNH
GSS code	E06000061
ITL code	TLF25
GVA	2021 estimate[5]
• Total	£7.4 billion
• Per capita	£20,612
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate[5]
• Total	£8.5 billion
• Per capita	£23,536
Website	northnorthants.gov.uk

North Northamptonshire is one of two local government districts in Northamptonshire, England. It is a unitary authority area forming about one half of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire. It was created in 2021.^[6] Its council is based in Corby, the district's largest town. Other notable towns are Kettering, Wellingborough, Rushden, Raunds, Desborough, Rothwell, Irthlingborough, Thrapston and Oundle.

It has a string of lakes along the Nene Valley Conservation Park, associated heritage railway, the village of Fotheringhay which has tombs of the House of York as well as a towering church supported by flying buttresses. This division has a well-preserved medieval castle in private hands next to Corby – Rockingham Castle – and about 20 other notable country houses, many of which have visitor gardens or days.