Liskeard
Liskeard is an ancient stannary and market town and also civil parish in south east Cornwall, England, UK. Liskeard is positioned about 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth, 14 miles (23 kilometres) west of the River Tamar and also the boundary with Devon, and 12 miles (20 kilometres) eastern of Bodmin. The town is at the head of the Looe valley in the old thousand of West Wivelshire and has a population of 9,417. Liskeard was the base of the former Caradon District Council and it still has a community council. There are 3 wards in Liskeard (including Dobwalls). The total population at the 2011 census was 11,366. In 1974 Liskeard was twinned with Quimperlé (Kemperle) in Brittany, France.