Braintree (district)
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| Braintree District | |
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 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 () - Density | Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.2% White |
| Politics | |
| Braintree District Council http://www.braintree.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | Alan Haselhurst, Brooks Newmark |
The main centres of population are Braintree, Witham and Hatfield Peverel.
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.
| Districts of the East of 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 | |
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Counties with multiple districts: Bedfordshire - Cambridgeshire - Essex - Hertfordshire - Norfolk - Suffolk |
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