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Daventry is a city of the county of Northamptonshire in England. It is approximately 26.5 km west of Northampton. There are 22 363 inhabitants according to the 2001 census. In the Domesday Book census realized for William the Conqueror in 1086, the city is mentioned as the Daventrei. February 26, 1935, Robert Watson-Watt and his assistant Arnold Wilkins demonstrated the effectiveness of their radar prototype to a member of the Committee on Defence of the United Kingdom. This led to the construction of the Chain Home, the first operational radar network in the world. (In) This article is partially or entirely from the article in English entitled ’Daventry’ (see the list of Daventry est un district non métropolitain du Northamptonshire, en Angleterre. C’est le plus grand des sept districts de ce comté. Il porte le nom de sa plus grande ville, Daventry, où siège le conseil de district. Les autres principales villes sont Brixworth, Long Buckby et Weedon Bec. Le district est essentiellement rural. Le district de Daventry a été créée le 1er avril 1974 par le Local Government Act 1972. Il est issu de la fusion du borough municipal de Daventry avec le district rural de Daventry et une grande partie du district rural de Brixworth. 51083
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