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