Sevenoaks District
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Sevenoaks Sevenoaks District |
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| Non-metropolitan district | |
 Sevenoaks shown within Kent |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Kent |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Sevenoaks |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Sevenoaks District Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs |
Michael Fallon Gareth Johnson Thomas Tugendhat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 142.99 sq mi (370.34 km2) |
| Area rank | 112th (of 326) |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
| • Total | 118,400 |
| • Rank | 190th (of 326) |
| • Density | 830/sq mi (320/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 95.2% White 1.5% S.Asians 1.2% Black 1.2% Mixed Race |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 29UK (ONS) E07000111 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TQ525555 |
| Website | www |
Sevenoaks is a local government district in Kent, England, in the far west of the county. Its council is in the town of Sevenoaks.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Sevenoaks Urban District, Sevenoaks Rural District and part of Dartford Rural District and is one of thirteen districts in the geographic county of Kent, one of which has unitary authority status, Medway, which means it does not obtain services or projects from Kent County Council. The latter is responsible for highways, public paths, fire and rescue, certain aspects of health and social care and education/libraries. The rest of local government is mostly at district level although the area has civil parish councils also.
The area is approximately evenly divided between buildings and infrastructure on the one hand and woodland or agricultural fields on the other. It contains the upper valley of the River Darenth and some headwaters of the River Eden.
In terms of districts, it borders Dartford to the north, Gravesham to the northeast, Tonbridge and Malling to the east, briefly Tunbridge Wells to the southeast. It also borders two which, equal to it, do not have borough status, the Wealden district of East Sussex to the south and the Tandridge district of Surrey to the southwest. It borders the London Boroughs of Bromley and Bexley to the northwest.
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