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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See {{Infobox settlement}} for the full list of available fields --> <!-- Elements common to United Kingdom --> | timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]] | utc_offset = 0 | timezone_DST = [[British Summer Time|BST]] | utc_offset_DST = +1 <!-- Elements common to administrative division of this type (English two-tier district) --> | settlement_type = [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|Borough]] and [[non-metropolitan district]] | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Sovereign state]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Constituent country]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of England|Region]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Non-metropolitan county]] | subdivision_type4 = Status | subdivision_type5 = Admin HQ | subdivision_name = [[United Kingdom]] | subdivision_name1 = [[England]] | subdivision_name4 = [[Non-metropolitan district]] | government_type = Non-metropolitan district council | leader_title = Leadership | leader_title1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]] | established_title1 = Incorporated | population_density_km2 = auto | blank1_name = [[ONS coding system|ONS code]] | blank2_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|OS grid reference]] <!-- Elements unique to this article --> | official_name = Test Valley | image_skyline = Andover - High Street - geograph.org.uk - 2191677.jpg | imagesize = 280px | image_alt = | image_caption = [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]] Town Centre | image_shield = | shield_size = | shield_alt = | shield_link = | image_map = Test Valley UK locator map.svg | mapsize = 150px | map_alt = | map_caption = Test Valley shown within Hampshire | subdivision_name2 = [[South East England]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Hampshire]] | subdivision_name5 = [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]] | established_date1 = 1 April 1974 | governing_body = Test Valley Borough Council | leader_name1 = [[Kit Malthouse]]<br/>[[Caroline Nokes]] | area_total_km2 = 627.6 | area_rank = {{English district area rank|GSS=E07000093}} [[List of English districts by area|(of {{English district total}})]] | population_total = {{English district population|GSS=E07000093}} | population_as_of = {{English statistics year}} | population_rank = {{English district rank|GSS=E07000093}} [[List of English districts by population|(of {{English district total}})]] <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">([[2021 United Kingdom census|2021]])</span> | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="2021 Nomis">{{NOMIS2021|id=E07000093|title=Test Valley Local Authority|access-date=5 January 2024}}</ref> | demographics1_title1 = [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|Ethnic groups]] | demographics1_info1 = {{Collapsible list | 93.1% [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]] | 3.3% [[British Asians|Asian]] | 1.8% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]] | 1.1% [[Black British people|Black]] | 0.8% [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|other]] }} <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span> | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="2021 Nomis"/> | demographics2_title1 = [[Religion in England|Religion]] | demographics2_info1 = {{Collapsible list | 50.5% [[Religion in England#Christianity|Christianity]] | 40.6% [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|no religion]] | 5.7% not stated | 0.9% [[Islam in England|Islam]] | 0.8% [[Hinduism in England|Hinduism]] | 0.5% [[Buddhism in England|Buddhism]] | 0.5% [[Religion in England|other]] | 0.4% [[Sikhism in England|Sikhism]] | 0.1% [[History of the Jews in England|Judaism]] }} | blank1_info = 24UN (ONS)<br />E07000093 (GSS) | blank2_info = {{gbmappingsmall|SU3560537973}} }} '''Test Valley''' is a [[Non-metropolitan district|local government district]] with [[Borough status in the United Kingdom|borough status]] in [[Hampshire]], England, named after the valley of the [[River Test]]. The council is based in the borough's largest town of [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]]. The borough also contains the town of [[Romsey]] and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. A small part of the borough at its southern end lies within the [[New Forest National Park]], and part of the borough north of Andover lies within the [[North Wessex Downs]], a designated [[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]]. The neighbouring districts are [[Basingstoke and Deane]], [[City of Winchester|Winchester]], and [[Borough of Eastleigh|Eastleigh]] rto the east, [[Southampton]] and [[New Forest District|New Forest]] to the south, [[Wiltshire]] to the west and [[West Berkshire]] to the north.
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