Dacorum
Dacorum is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England. The council is based in Hemel Hempstead. The borough also includes the towns of Berkhamsted and Tring and surrounding villages. The borough had a population of 155,081 in 2021. Dacorum was created in 1974 and is named after the ancient hundred of Dacorum which had covered a similar area. The borough of Dacorum is the westernmost of Hertfordshire's ten districts. It borders St Albans, Three Rivers, Buckinghamshire and Central Bedfordshire.
Dacorum
Borough of Dacorum | |
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Coat of arms | |
Dacorum shown within Hertfordshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East of England |
| Administrative county | Hertfordshire |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Admin. HQ | Hemel Hempstead |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district |
| • Body | Dacorum Borough Council |
| • Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| • MPs: | Gagan Mohindra Mike Penning |
| Area | |
| • Total | 82.0 sq mi (212.5 km2) |
| • Rank | 141st |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 155,217 |
| • Rank | Ranked 133rd |
| • Density | 1,900/sq mi (730/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| Postcode | |
| ONS code | 26UC (ONS) E07000096 (GSS) |
| Ethnicity | 93.1% White 3.2% South Asian 1.4% Black 1.5% Mixed |
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