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Chiltern (district) - Definition and Overview

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Chiltern District

Shown within Buckinghamshire
Geography
Status:District
Region:South East England
Admin. County:Buckinghamshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 190th
196.35 km²
Admin. HQ:Amersham
ONS code:11UC
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
Ranked 255th
88,474
451 / km²
Ethnicity:95.5% White
2.5% S.Asian
Politics
Arms of Chiltern District Council
Chiltern District Council
http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/
Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:Conservative
MPs:David Lidington, Cheryl Gillan


The Chiltern District is one of four local government district of Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is named after the Chiltern Hills on which the region sits.

The main towns in the district are Amersham and Chesham. It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the Chesham Urban District and Amersham Rural District.


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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Berkshire - Buckinghamshire - East Sussex - Hampshire - Kent - Oxfordshire - Surrey - West Sussex


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