Editing Falmouth, Cornwall (section)

==Governance==

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| leader1            = Cllr Kirstie Edwards
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| last_election1     = [[2021 United Kingdom local elections|6 May 2021]]
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| session_room       = Falmouth Art Gallery and Library (geograph 5885982).jpg
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| meeting_place      = Falmouth Town Council, [[Municipal Buildings, Falmouth|Municipal Buildings]], The Moor, Falmouth TR11 2RT
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Falmouth Town is a [[civil parish]] within Cornwall, formed in 1974 from the historic Falmouth Borough Council. Falmouth received its Order of Charter in 1661.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Oliver |first=Samuel Pasfield |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SuCnfqTDLT4C |title=Pendennis and St. Mawes. An Historical Sketch of Two Cornish Castles. ... With Illustrations |date=1875 |language=en}}</ref>

As of 2024, it is governed by sixteen councillors (four represent Arwenack and Boslowick, five for Penwerris and three for Trescobeas). Each of them serves a four-year term. The council provides municipal services while strategic services are provided by [[Cornwall Council]], a unitary authority governing the entirety of mainland Cornwall.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

From 2009 to 2021, Falmouth had elected five councillors to Cornwall Council, one from each of its then five divisions: [[Falmouth Arwenack (electoral division)|Falmouth Arwenack]], [[Falmouth Boslowick (electoral division)|Falmouth Boslowick]], [[Falmouth Penwerris (electoral division)|Falmouth Penwerris]], [[Falmouth Smithick (electoral division)|Falmouth Smithick]], and [[Falmouth Trescobeas (electoral division)|Falmouth Trescobeas]]. Boundary changes in 2013 abolished the [[Falmouth Gyllyngvase (electoral division)|Falmouth Gyllyngvase division]], replacing it with Falmouth Smithick. Since the [[2021 Cornwall Council election|2021 elections]], Falmouth has been covered by four divisions: Arwenack, Boslowick, Penwerris and Trescobeas and Budock.