London Borough of Camden
London Borough of Camden | |
|---|---|
Coat of airms o London Borough of Camden Coat airms Official logo of London Borough of Camden Cooncil logo | |
 Camden shown athin Greater Lunnon | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Constituent kintra | Ingland |
| Region | Lunnon |
| Ceremonial coonty | Greater Lunnon |
| Status | Lunnon burgh |
| Admin HQ | Toun Haw, Judd Street |
| Incorporatit | 1 Aprile 1965 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Lunnon borough cooncil |
| • Bodi | Camden London Borough Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Labour) |
| • Mayor | Cllr Abdul Quadir |
| • MPs | Frank Dobson Glenda Jackson |
| • Lunnon Assembly | Brian Coleman AM for Barnet an Camden |
| • EU Parliament | Lunnon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 317t (o 326) |
| Population (mid-2016 est.) | |
| • Rank | 68t (o 326) |
| • Ethnicity[1] | 44% White Breetish 3.2% White Erse |
| Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Polis force | Metropolitan Polis |
| Website | www |
The London Borough of Camden is a burgh o Lunnon, Ingland, whilk forms pairt o Inner Lunnon. The soothren reaks o Camden forms a pairt o Central Lunnon. The local authority is Camden London Borough Council.[2]
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]The burgh wis creatit in 1965 frae the umwhile aurie o the metropolitan burghs o Hampstead, Holborn, an St Pancras, whilk haed formed pairt o the Coonty o Lunnon.[3] The borough wis named efter Camden Town, whilk haed gained its name frae Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden in 1795.[4]
Destricts an environs
[eedit | eedit soorce]- For a full leet o destricts an neebourheids o Camden, see Leet o destricts in Camden
The aurie is in the northren pairt o the ceety, reakin frae Holborn an Bloomsbury in the sooth tae Hampstead Heath in the north. Neighbourin auries is the Ceety o Wastmeenster an the Ceety o Lunnon soothle, Brent wastle, Barnet an Haringey northle an Islington eastle. It kivers aw or pairt o the N1, N6, N7, N19, NW1, NW2, NW3, NW5, NW6, NW8, EC1, EC2, EC4, WC1, WC2, W1 an W9 postcode auries. It conteens pairts o central Lunnon.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Data Management and Analysis Group, Greater London Authority, Demography Update October 2007, (2007)
- ↑ "Camden Council: About the Council". www.camden.gov.uk. Archived frae the original on 19 Apryle 2023. Retrieved 28 Julie 2010.
- ↑ Vision of Britain - Camden LB Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce] |
Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae London Borough of Camden. |
- The wabsteid o Camden Cooncil Archived 2006-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Camden TV
- Things to do in Camden Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Camden Guide Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Online spin-off of The Lock magazine)
- WHO's Commission 2008 finding on the Social Determinants of Health finding re 'two Camdens' syndrome (3rd para) Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine