page_title: Borough of Melton
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Borough of Melton / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Melton Borough Council offices from the rear after the fire Two days after a massive fire the fire brigade is still present as the clear-up operation commences. The block in the background is PERA (Production Engineering Research Association).
context_page_description: Melton is a local government district with borough status in north-eastern Leicestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Melton Mowbray. Other settlements include Asfordby and Bottesford. It has a population of 46,861, increasing to 50,376 at the 2011 census.
  Melton Borough is an rural area in the north-east part of Leicestershire and at the heart of the East Midlands. It is the 10th smallest district in England. The main activities of the Borough are centred on the single market town of Melton Mowbray which has a population of about 26,000.
  There are some 70 small villages within the surrounding rural area and the area of the Borough is 48,138ha.
context_section_description: It was formed in 1974, from the Melton Mowbray Urban District and the Melton and Belvoir Rural District. The council offices on Nottingham Road burnt down on 30 May 2008. Across the road were situated the main offices of the East Midlands Regional Assembly before it was abolished in 2010.
caption: Borough council offices two days after the fire in 2008