Editing Belper (section)

{{short description|Town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England}}
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{{infobox UK place|
|country =                 England
|official_name=             Belper
|static_image_name =      belper kingst.jpg
|static_image_caption =   King Street
|static_image_2_name      = Derbyshire UK parish map highlighting Belper.svg
|static_image_2_caption   = Belper parish highlighted within Derbyshire
|civil_parish=            Belper
|population =       21,822
|population_ref = (civil parish, 2011)<ref name = "population">{{cite web|title=Neighbourhood Statistics|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11120580&c=Belper&d=16&e=62&g=6412618&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1412699439550&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]|access-date=8 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011101611/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11120580&c=Belper&d=16&e=62&g=6412618&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1412699439550&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473|archive-date=11 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|shire_district=          [[Amber Valley]]
|shire_county=            [[Derbyshire]]
|region=                  East Midlands
|constituency_westminster=      [[Mid Derbyshire]]
|post_town=        BELPER
|postcode_district =       DE56
|postcode_area=            DE
|dial_code=      01773
|os_grid_reference=     SK351476 
}}

'''Belper''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɛ|l|p|ər}}) is a town and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] of [[Amber Valley]] in [[Derbyshire]], England, located about {{convert|7|mi|km}} north of [[Derby]] on the [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|River Derwent]]. Along with Belper, the parish includes the village of [[Milford, Derbyshire|Milford]] and the hamlets of [[Bargate, Derbyshire|Bargate]], Blackbrook, and Makeney.

As of the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]], the parish had a population of 21,823. Originally a centre for the nail-making industry since the Middle Ages, Belper expanded during the early [[Industrial Revolution]] to become one of the first [[mill town]]s with the establishment of several [[textile mill]]s; as such, it forms part of the [[Derwent Valley Mills]] [[World Heritage Site]].