Braintree (district)

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Braintree District
Shown within Essex
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Essex
Area: - Total	Ranked 73rd 611.71 km²
Admin. HQ:	Braintree
ONS code:	22UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 125th 139,700 228 / km²
Ethnicity:	96.4% White 1.0% Mixed 1.2% S.Asian 0.9% Black[1]
Politics
Braintree District Council http://www.braintree.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Alan Haselhurst, Brooks Newmark

Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex. Its main town is Braintree.

The main centres of population are Braintree, Witham and Halstead.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Braintree and Bocking, Halstead, and Witham and (for list of Parishes) Braintree Rural District and Halstead Rural District.

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