Lichfield (district)

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Lichfield District
Lichfield
Shown within Staffordshire
Geography
Status: Non-metropolitan district
Region: West Midlands
Admin. County: Staffordshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 149th
331.30 km²
Admin. HQ: Lichfield
ONS code: 41UD
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2005 est.)
- Density
Ranked 234th
95,500
288 / km²
Ethnicity: 98.1% White
Politics
Lichfield District Council
http://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative
MPs: Michael Fabricant, Brian Jenkins

Lichfield is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council is based in the city of Lichfield.

The dignity and privileges of the City of Lichfield are vested in its town council (a civil parish) (which is therefore known as Lichfield City Council, and covers only 14 km²), and not the District Council which covers nearly 25 times this area.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal borough of Lichfield with most of the Lichfield Rural District.

The town of Burntwood also makes up a major part of the Lichfield district.


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