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Empingham
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Empingham is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 815 at the 2001 census including Horn and increasing to 880 at the 2011 census. It lies close to the dam of Rutland Water and the A606 runs through the village. During construction, Empingham Reservoir was the name of the reservoir but it was renamed Rutland Water to preserve the name of the county which was being merged with Leicestershire.
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- Locality
- Empingham
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 880
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Empingham
- UK place.static_image_name
- cmglee_Empingham_Church_Street.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Looking south along Empingham Church Street
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK949085
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 7.62
- UK place.population
- 815
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 Census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Rutland
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Rutland
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rutland and Stamford
- UK place.post_town
- OAKHAM
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE15
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.dial_code
- 01780
- UK place.london_distance
- SSE
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 880
- Area
- 7.62
- Image
- The White Horse, Empingham - geograph.org.uk - 456705.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01780
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- Commons category
- Empingham
- postal code
- LE15
- OS grid reference
- SK949085
- P8168
- Austrian school
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Empingham is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 815 at the 2001 census including Horn and increasing to 880 at the 2011 census. It lies close to the dam of Rutland Water and the A606 runs through the village. During construction, Empingham Reservoir was the name of the reservoir but it was renamed Rutland Water to preserve the name of the county which was being merged with Leicestershire.
The village's name means 'farm/settlement of the people of Empa'.
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