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==Geography== Weedon is around {{convert|4|mi|km|1}} southeast of [[Daventry]], {{convert|7|mi|km|1}} west of [[Northampton]].<ref name=OS207>{{cite map |author = Ordnance Survey | title =OS 1:25,000 Landranger series |map = 207 Newport Pagnell and Northampton South |map-url=https://www.streetmap.co.uk/map?x=463054&y=259603&z=120 |scale = 1:25,000 |publisher = Ordnance Survey |access-date = 16 January 2022}}</ref> It was at the crossroads of the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] and former [[A45 road (Great Britain)|A45]] until a [[Bypass (road)|bypass]] opened on 15 November 2018. The [[Grand Union Canal]] (1796) and [[West Coast Main Line]] both pass through the village.<ref name=OS207 /> [[File:Narrow Boat, Stowehill, Weedon Bec.jpg|thumb|Narrow Boat public house]] Lower Weedon and Upper Weedon are to the south. The northern boundary of the village follows the old A45 to the west, then south to just outside [[Everdon]]. It skirts Everdon Wood and Everdon Stubbs, and borders [[Stowe Nine Churches]] to the southeast, and lies to a short distance east of the A5 up to the A45, next to [[Flore, Northamptonshire|Flore]] parish. ===Demographics=== The [[2001 United Kingdom census|2001 census]] the village had a population of 2,485, 1,248 male and 1,237 female, 1,237 households and average age 38.34 years.<ref name = "2001 census">{{cite web|title = UK census 2001 - data|url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=7&b=797224&c=Weedon&d=16&g=472467&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1230479181485&enc=1&domainId=15|access-date = 28 December 2008}}</ref> The population at the [[2001 United Kingdom census|2011 Census]] was 2,706.
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