Dacorum
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- For other uses, see Dacorum (disambiguation).
| Borough of Dacorum | |
|---|---|
| Image:HertfordshireDacorum.png Shown within Hertfordshire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East of England |
| Admin. County: | Hertfordshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 183rd 212.48 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Hemel Hempstead |
| ONS code: | 26UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked 126th 138,000 649 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 95.4% White 2.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Image:Arms-dacorum.jpg Dacorum Borough Council http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | David Gauke, Mike Penning |
Dacorum is a local government district and borough in Hertfordshire, England. It includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, and Tring. The district is entirely parished, apart from Hemel Hempstead.
The District of Dacorum was formed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 by the amalgamation of 7 smaller local authorities, each symbolised in the 7 oak leaves in the centre of the coat of arms. They were :
- The Municipal Borough of Hemel Hempstead,
- Berkhamsted urban district,
- Tring urban district,
- Berkhamsted Rural District,
- Hemel Hempstead Rural District,
- Part of the St Albans Rural District
- Part of Watford Rural District.
Dacorum became a borough on 1st April, 1984.
It takes its name from the old hundred of Dacorum which covered approximately the same area. The name of the hundred, first recorded in 1196, is simply the Latin for "of the Danes", since the hundred lies at the margin of the Danelaw, the southern boundary of which was formed by the River Lea. This hundred was a combination of the two Domesday Book hundreds of Tring and Danais.
It had a population of 137,799 at the 2001 census.
The Borough is twinned with the town of Neu Isenburg in Germany.
Political representation
The council is made up of 52 seats.
Representation at March 2004 is as follows:-
- Conservative 32 - drawing support largely from the better off parts of Hemel Hempstead and the surrounding rural areas.
- Labour 14 - drawing support largely from the post war estates of Hemel Hempstead new town
- Liberal Democrat 6 - drawing support largely from the smaller towns of Tring and Berkhamsted
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