Axminster is a market community as well as civil parish on the eastern boundary of the area of Devon in England, some 28 miles (45 kilometres) from the county town of Exeter. The community is built on a hillside forgeting the River Axe which heads in the direction of the English Channel at Axmouth, as well as remains in the East Devon local government area. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 5,626, raising to 5,761 at the 2011 census. The town consists of two electoral wards (town and rural) the total amount of both wards being a population of 7,110. The marketplace is still held every Thursday. Axminster offered its name to a kind of carpet. An Axminster-type power loom can weaving high quality rugs with many differing colours and patterns. While Axminster rugs are made in the town by Axminster Carpets Ltd, this kind of carpet is now produced throughout the world.