South Staffordshire District | |
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Non-metropolitan district | |
South Staffordshire shown within Staffordshire |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | West Midlands |
Non-metropolitan county | Staffordshire |
Status | Non-metropolitan district |
Admin HQ | Codsall |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Government | |
• Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
• Body | South Staffordshire District Council |
• Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
• MPs |
Gavin Williamson Jeremy Lefroy |
Area | |
• Total | 157.3 sq mi (407.3 km2) |
Area rank | 101st (of 326) |
Population (mid-2015 est.) | |
• Total | 110,700 |
• Rank | 212th (of 326) |
• Density | 700/sq mi (270/km2) |
• Ethnicity | 98.0% White |
Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
• Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
ONS code | 41UF (ONS) E07000196 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | SJ8701803171 |
Website | www |
South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district lies to the north and west of the West Midlands county, bordering Shropshire to the west and Worcestershire to the south. It contains no towns of major size, and many of the settlements within the district are considered dormitory villages for Stafford, Telford, and the West Midlands conurbation.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Cannock Rural District (in the north) and Seisdon Rural District (in the south).
Its council is based in Codsall, one of the larger settlements in the district, along with Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Kinver, Landywood, Penkridge, Perton and Wombourne. Other villages in the district include Swindon, Coven, Essington, Featherstone, Gospel End, Huntington, Lower Penn, Pattingham, Seisdon and Trysull.