East Hertfordshire
| East Hertfordshire District | |
|---|---|
| Non-metropolitan district | |
 East Hertfordshire shown within Hertfordshire |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East of England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Hertfordshire |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Bishop's Stortford, Hertford |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | East Herts Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs |
Oliver Heald Stephen McPartland Mark Prisk |
| Area | |
| • Total | 183.66 sq mi (475.69 km2) |
| Area rank | 95th (of 326) |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 144,700 |
| • Rank | 139th (of 326) |
| • Density | 790/sq mi (300/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 94.7% White 1.8% S.Asian 1.2% Black 1.3% Mixed Race 1.1% Chinese or Other |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 26UD (ONS) E07000242 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TL3758624322 |
| Website | www |
East Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. Its council has offices in Bishop's Stortford and Hertford (Hertfordshire's traditional county town).
The other main towns in the district are Ware (on the River Lea), Buntingford (on the River Rib), and Sawbridgeworth (on the River Stort). Of these five major towns, all except Buntingford fall within the parliamentary constituency of Hertford and Stortford. Buntingford is part of the North East Hertfordshire constituency.
East Herts, as its council is officially known, is bordered by North Hertfordshire, Stevenage, Welwyn Hatfield, and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, and by Epping Forest, Harlow, and Uttlesford in Essex.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, as a merger of the municipal borough of Hertford with Bishop's Stortford, Sawbridgeworth and Ware urban districts, and Braughing Rural District, Ware Rural District and part of Hertford Rural District. By area it is the largest of the ten local government districts in Hertfordshire.
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