Editing Swaffham (section)

{{short description|Town in Norfolk, England}}
{{About|the town in Norfolk|Swaffham Bulbeck in Cambridgeshire|Swaffham Bulbeck|Swaffham Prior in Cambridgeshire|Swaffham Prior}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox UK place 
 | official_name=         Swaffham
 | country=               England
 | region=                East of England
 | shire_county=          [[Norfolk]]
 |civil_parish= Swaffham<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.swaffhamtowncouncil.gov.uk/community/swaffham-town-council-12923/about-us|publisher=Swaffham Town Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409024817/http://www.swaffhamtowncouncil.gov.uk/community/swaffham-town-council-12923/about-us|archive-date=9 April 2017}}</ref>
 | shire_district=        [[Breckland (district)|Breckland]]
 | constituency_westminster= [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]]
 | static_image_name  = File:Rotunda Swaffham.jpg
 | static_image_caption = The [[Buttercross]] Swaffham market place
 | population=            8,434
 | population_ref=        ([[2011 UK census|2021]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129340&c=Swaffham&d=16&e=62&g=6448102&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1471025693391&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=12 August 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref>
 | area_total_km2       = 29.6
 | os_grid_reference=     TF815095
 | coordinates = {{coord|52.652893|0.684285|display=inline,title}}
 | post_town=             SWAFFHAM
 | postcode_area=         PE
 | postcode_district=     PE37
 | dial_code=             01760
 | website           = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040915191144/http://www.swaffhamtowncouncil.co.uk/ Town council]}}
}}

'''Swaffham''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|w|ɒ|f|əm}}) is a [[market town]] and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Breckland District]] and [[England|English]] county of [[Norfolk]]. It is situated {{convert|12|mi|abbr=off}} east of [[King's Lynn]] and {{convert|31|mi|abbr=off}} west of [[Norwich]].

The [[civil parish]] has an area of {{convert|11.42|mi2|abbr=on}} and in the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]] had a population of 6,935 in 3,130 households, which increased to 7,258, in 3,258 households, at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]]. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the [[Non-metropolitan district|district]] of [[Breckland (district)|Breckland]].<ref>Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20170211032229/https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/general_resources/ncc017867.xls Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes]''. Retrieved 2 December 2005.</ref>