East Hertfordshire

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East Hertfordshire District
Shown within Hertfordshire
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Hertfordshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 105th 475.69 km²
Admin. HQ:	Bishop's Stortford
ONS code:	26UD
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 138th 132,600 279 / km²
Ethnicity[1]:	94.7% White 1.8% S.Asian 1.2% Black 1.3% Mixed Race 1.15 Chinese or Other
Politics
East Herts Council http://www.eastherts.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Barbara Follett, Oliver Heald, Mark Prisk

East Hertfordshire is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. Its council has offices in Bishop's Stortford and Hertford (Hertfordshire's traditional county town).

The other two towns in the district are Ware (on the River Lea), and Buntingford (on the River Rib).

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, as a merger of the municipal borough of Hertford with Bishop's Stortford, Sawbridgeworth and Ware urban districts, and Braughing Rural District, Ware Rural District and part of Hertford Rural District.

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