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Braintree District
Braintree
Shown within Essex
Geography
Status: District
Region: East of England
Admin. County: Essex
Area:
- Total
Ranked 73rd
611.71 km²
Admin. HQ: Braintree
ONS code: 22UC
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2003 est.)
- Density
Ranked 131st
134,896
221 / km²
Ethnicity: 98.2% White
Politics
Braintree District Council
http://www.braintree.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative + Independent
MPs: Alan Haselhurst, Brooks Newmark

Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex. Its main town is Braintree. Essex districts File links The following pages link to this file: Braintree (district) Categories: GFDL images ... This article is about the county of Essex in England. ... The region (also known as government office region) is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity in England. ... East of England is one of the official regions of England. ... This article is about the county of Essex in England. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of the former Braintree and Bocking Urban District Council Braintree is a town of about 30,000 people in the county of Essex, in the south east of England. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... The Right Honourable Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst (born June 23, 1937) is the British member of Parliament for Saffron Walden for the Conservative Party. ... Brooks Newmark is the Conservative MP for Braintree. ... Non-metropolitan districts (usually just called Districts) are local government sub-divisions of English Counties. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The traditional counties as usually portrayed. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of the former Braintree and Bocking Urban District Council Braintree is a town of about 30,000 people in the county of Essex, in the south east of England. ...


The main centres of population are Braintree, Witham and Hatfield Peverel, Essex. Location within the British Isles Witham (pronounced Wittam) is a town in the county of Essex, in the south east of England. ... A large urban village and civil parish in the centre of Essex, England. ...


The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Braintree and Bocking, Halstead, and Witham and (for list of Parishes) Braintree Rural District and Halstead Rural District. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... In British and Irish local government, an urban district is a subdivision of a county that covers an urbanised area. ... Arms of the former Braintree and Bocking Urban District Council Braintree is a town of about 30,000 people in the county of Essex, in the south east of England. ... Location within the British Isles Halstead is a rural town located in Essex, England, near such historical towns as Colchester and Sudbury. ... Location within the British Isles Witham (pronounced Wittam) is a town in the county of Essex, in the south east of England. ... Braintree Rural District was a rural district in the county of Essex, England. ...




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Babergh | Basildon | Bedford | Braintree | Breckland | Brentwood | Broadland | Broxbourne | Cambridge | Castle Point | Chelmsford | Colchester | Dacorum | East Cambridgeshire | East Hertfordshire | Epping Forest | Fenland | Forest Heath | Great Yarmouth | Harlow | Hertsmere | Huntingdonshire | Ipswich | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Luton | Maldon | Mid Bedfordshire | Mid Suffolk | North Hertfordshire | North Norfolk | Norwich | Peterborough | Rochford | St Albans | St Edmundsbury | South Bedfordshire | South Cambridgeshire | Southend-on-Sea | South Norfolk | Stevenage | Suffolk Coastal | Tendring | Three Rivers | Thurrock | Uttlesford | Watford | Waveney | Welwyn Hatfield The Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England, except for civil parishes. ... East of England is one of the official regions of England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Babergh is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... The Basildon district is a local govenment district in Essex, England. ... Bedford is a local government district and borough in the East of England. ... The Breckland is a gorse covered sandy heath and unusual natural habitat that exists in North Suffolk and South Norfolk. ... Brentwood is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. ... Broadland is a local government district in Norfolk, England, named for the Norfolk Broads. ... Broxbourne is a local government district and borough in Hertfordshire, England. ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ... See also: Castle Point (Hoboken) Castle Point is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. ... Chelmsford is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. ... Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, named for its main town, Colchester. ... This is an article about The Borough of Dacorum. ... East Cambridgeshire is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. ... East Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. ... Epping Forest is a local government district of the county of Essex, England. ... Fenland is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. ... Forest Heath is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Great Yarmouth is a local government district with borough status in Norfolk, England. ... Harlow is a local government district and new town in Essex, United Kingdom. ... Hertsmere is a local government district and borough in Hertfordshire, England. ... Huntingdonshire (abbreviated Hunts) is a part of England around Huntingdon, which is currently administered as a local government district of Cambridgeshire. ... For other places and usages with this name, see Ipswich (disambiguation). ... Kings Lynn and West Norfolk is a local government district and borough in Norfolk, England. ... Luton is a town and local government district in England, located 50km north of central London. ... Maldon is a local government district in Essex, England. ... Mid Bedfordshire is a local government district in Bedfordshire, England. ... Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... North Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. ... North Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. ... Norwich (pronounced variously Norritch or Norridge) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England, and the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. ... Peterborough is a city in the East of England. ... Rochford is a local government district in Essex, England. ... The City and District of St Albans is a local government district, in Hertfordshire, England. ... St Edmundsbury is a borough in Suffolk, England. ... South Bedfordshire is a local government district in Bedfordshire, England. ... South Cambridgeshire is a mostly rural district of Cambridgeshire, England. ... Southend-on-Sea is a resort town in Essex, England. ... South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. ... Stevenage is a town and district in Hertfordshire, England, and is part of the London Commuter Belt. ... Suffolk Coastal is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Tendring is a local government district in Essex, England. ... Three Rivers is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. ... Thurrock is a unitary authority in England. ... Uttlesford is a local government district in Essex, England. ... Watford is a town and district (styled as borough due to the historical charter granted by Henry VIII) just to the north-west of London. ... Waveney is a local government district in Suffolk, England. ... Welwyn Hatfield is a local government district in southern Hertfordshire. ...

Counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England. ... Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ... For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Suffolk (pronounced suffuk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ...


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Braintree, Essex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (803 words)
Braintree is a town of about 30,000 people in the county of Essex, in the south east of England.
Braintree is twinned with the French town of Pierrefitte-sur-Seine.
Essex is rather flat on the whole, and the Braintree area is no exception; however, there is a general downward trend in the height of the ground from the northwest towards the coast to the southeast.
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