South Staffordshire

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South Staffordshire District
South Staffordshire
Shown within Staffordshire
Geography
Status: Non-metropolitan district
Region: West Midlands
Admin. County: Staffordshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 116th
407.32 km²
Admin. HQ: Codsall
ONS code: 41UF
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2005 est.)
- Density
Ranked 211th
105,300
259 / km²
Ethnicity: 98.0% White
Politics

South Staffordshire District Council
http://www.sstaffs.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Conservative
MPs: Patrick Cormack, David Kidney, Tony Wright

South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district lies to the north and west of Wolverhampton and the West Midlands, bordering Shropshire to the west and Worcestershire to the south. It contains no towns of major size and many of the settlements within the district are dormitory villages for Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Telford.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Cannock Rural District (in the north) and Seisdon Rural District (in the south).

Its council is based in Codsall, one of the larger settlements in the district, along with Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Kinver, Landywood, Penkridge, Perton and Wombourne (which some claim to be "officially the largest village in England"). Other villages in the district include Essington, Featherstone, Lower Penn, Pattingham, Seisdon and Trysull.

The district covers a similar geographic area to South Staffordshire parliamentary constituency.