Gravesham
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Gravesham Borough of Gravesham |
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| Borough & Non-metropolitan district | |
 Gravesham located within Kent |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Kent |
| Status | Borough |
| Admin HQ | Gravesend |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan District Council |
| • Body | Gravesham Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Member of Parliament (Conservative) |
| • MP | Adam Holloway |
| Area | |
| • Total | 38.23 sq mi (99.02 km2) |
| Area rank | 221st (of 326) |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 106,300 |
| • Rank | 222nd (of 326) |
| • Density | 2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 87.8% White 8.5% S.Asian 1.4% Black 1.3% Mixed Race 1.0% Chinese or Other |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 29UG (ONS) E07000109 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TQ647740 |
| Website | www.gravesham.gov.uk |
Gravesham (/ˈɡreɪvʃəm/ GRAYV-shəm) is a local government district with borough status in north-west Kent, England. Its administrative centre and largest town is Gravesend, which was known as Gravesham in ancient times.
Gravesham was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Gravesend with Northfleet Urban District and part of Strood Rural District, under the Local Government Act 1972. It borders the Borough of Dartford and Sevenoaks District to the west, the Borough of Tonbridge and Malling to the south, the Medway unitary authority to the east and the Thurrock unitary authority of Essex to the north, via the River Thames.
Gravesham is twinned with Cambrai in Picardy, France. The present borders of Gravesham parliamentary constituency are almost the same as those of the borough.
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