| City of Canterbury | |
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| — Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City — | |
| Canterbury Cathedral | |
| Canterbury shown within Kent | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Kent |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City |
| Admin HQ | Canterbury |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Canterbury City Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
| • MPs | Julian Brazier Roger Gale |
| Area | |
| • Total | 119.2 sq mi (308.84 km2) |
| Area rank | 137th (of 326) |
| Population (2010 est.) | |
| • Total | 153,200 |
| • Rank | 122nd (of 326) |
| • Density | 1,284.8/sq mi (496/km2) |
| • Ethnicity | 93.4% White 2.2% S.Asian 1.6% Chinese and other 1.4% Mixed Race |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| ONS code | 29UC |
| OS grid reference | TR145575 |
| Website | www.canterbury.gov.uk |
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.
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The district was formed on 1 April 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 and the cathedral city itself, make up the 'City of Canterbury' district. There are 26 parishes within the district, as follows:[1]
Swalecliffe is an unparished area within the district.
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 Great Stour flows from its source beyond Ashford. The city of Canterbury stands upon this river.
The district participates in the Sister Cities programme, with links[2] to:
Several towns and villages within the City of Canterbury district have their own twinning arrangements;[2] see in particular Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay.
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