City of Canterbury

Canterbury Cathedral

This is the local government area, for the settlement go to Canterbury

City of Canterbury
Shown within Kent
Geography
Status:	City
Region:	South East England
Admin. County:	Kent
Area: - Total	Ranked 137th 308.84 km²
Admin. HQ:	Canterbury
ONS code:	29UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2008 est.) - Density	Ranked 122nd 149,700 485 / km²
Ethnicity:	93.4% White 2.2% S.Asian 1.6% Chinese and other 1.4% Mixed Race [1]
Politics
Canterbury City Council http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Julian Brazier, Roger Gale

The City of Canterbury is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. The main settlement in the district is Canterbury, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the existing city of Canterbury with the Whitstable and Herne Bay Urban Districts, and Bridge-Blean Rural District. The latter district entirely surrounded the city; the urban districts occupied the coastal area to the north.

Within the district are the towns of Herne Bay and Whitstable, which with the parishes (shown below) and the cathedral city itself, make up the 'City of Canterbury' district.

There are 26 parishes within the district, as follows:

• Adisham
• Barham
• Bekesbourne with Patrixbourne
• Bishopsbourne
• Blean
• Bridge
• Chartham
• Chestfield
• Chislet
• Fordwich: has town status
• Hackington
• Harbledown and Rough Common
• Herne and Broomfield
• Hoath
• Ickham
• Kingston
• Littlebourne
• Lower Hardres
• Petham
• Sturry
• Swalecliffe
• Thanington Without
• Upper Hardres
• Waltham
• Westbere
• Wickhambreaux
• Womenswold

Geography

The area is in the main rural, although the entire coastal strip is taken up by the almost unbroken sprawl of seaside towns from Seasalter, west of Whitstable, to Herne Bay, Kent. Between them and the city there is high land, well wooded, south of which the River Great Stour flows from its source beyond Ashford. The city of Canterbury stands upon this river.

Twin towns

The district participates in the Sister Cities programme, with links^[2] to:

• Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, USA
• Vladimir, Russia

Several towns and villages within the City of Canterbury district have their own twinning arrangements^[2]; see in particular Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay.

References

External links

• Canterbury City Council
• Population breakdown

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Coordinates: 51°17′N 1°05′E / 51.28°N 1.08°E / 51.28; 1.08