City and District of St Albans
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| St Albans District | |
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 Shown within Hertfordshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District (St Albans proper a City by Charter (1877)) |
| Region: | East of England |
| Admin. County: | Hertfordshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 205th 161.18 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | St Albans |
| ONS code: | 26UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 136th 131,585 816 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 93.1% White 3.3% S.Asian 1.0% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| Missing image Arms-st-albans.jpg Arms of St Albans City & District Council St Albans City & District Council http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | No overall control |
| MPs: | Anne Main (St Albans), Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden) |
The City and District of St Albans is a local government district, in Hertfordshire, England.
Make up
The district includes:
- the city of St Albans (population c58,000)
- the town of Harpenden (population c27,600)
- the parishes of Colney Heath, Harpenden Rural, London Colney, Redbourn, St Michael's, St Stephen's (including the villages of Chiswell Green and Bricket Wood), Sandridge and Wheathampstead.
Naming
The district's irregular sounding name reflects its diverse nature, with two main urban areas and several villages: typically districts with the status of cities are known simply as Cities, (e.g the City of Peterborough or the City of York).
However, the district council was created in 1974 from the combination of St Albans City Council, Harpenden Urban District Council and the St Albans Rural District Council.
The formal name of the council is St Albans District Council, although council vehicles, letterhead and website (http:www.stalbans.gov.uk) bear the brand St Albans City & District.
| PARTY | PREVIOUS | +/- | 2004 |
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| Liberal Democrat | 24 | Gained 5 | 29 |
| Conservative | 20 | Lost 3 | 17 |
| Labour | 13 | Lost 2 | 11 |
| Others | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Locality
Nearby places outside the district include Hatfield to the east, Welwyn Garden City to the northeast, Luton and Dunstable to the northwest, Hemel Hempstead to the west, Watford to the southwest and Borehamwood to the south.
| Districts of England - East of England | 
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk |