Braunton
Braunton is an English village, civil parish, ecclesiastical church as well as previous estate in Devon. The town is positioned 5 miles (8 kilometres) west of Barnstaple. While not the largest town in England, it is amongst one of the most heavily populated in Devon with a population at the 2011 census of 7,353 people. There are two electoral wards (East as well as West). Their joint population at the above census was 8,218. Within the church is the fertile, low-lying Braunton Great Area, which joins the undulating Braunton Burrows, the Core Location in North Devon Biosphere Book, the biggest psammosere (dune system) in England. It faces the Atlantic Ocean at the west of the parish at the big beach of Saunton Sands, one of the South West's international-standard surfing beaches. The population of Braunton, according to the census of 1801, was 1,296. This number increased quite rapidly in the thirty years to 1831, to 2,047 however the rate of increase reduced throughout the following 10 years and coinciding with the arrival of the train dropped from 2,364 in 1851 to 2,089 in 1881. Population growth resumed and saw virtually a doubling between 1961 and 2011, to 8,128 individuals. Data for 1801-- 1961 is offered at Britain Through Time. The 2001 and 2011 Censuses give comprehensive info concerning the town. The settlement's population in 2011 were living in 3,552 households.