CITY AND DISTRICT OF ST ALBANS

City and District of St Albans
St Albans ''Shown within Hertfordshire''
Geography
Status:	Non-metropolitan district and City (1877)
Region:	East of England
County:	Hertfordshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 205th 161.18 km²
Admin. HQ:	St Albans
ONS code:	26UG
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	93.1% White 3.3% S.Asian 1.0% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Arms of St Albans City & District Council St Albans City & District Council http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Anne Main (St Albans), Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden)

The 'City and District of St Albans' is a local government district, in Hertfordshire, England.
The district includes:

★ St Albans (population c. 58,000)

★ Harpenden (population c. 27,600)

★ the parishes of Colney Heath, Harpenden Rural, London Colney, Redbourn, St Michael's, St Stephen's (including the villages of Chiswell Green and Bricket Wood), Sandridge and Wheathampstead.

Contents

Naming

Locality

Naming

The district's irregular sounding name reflects its diverse nature, with two main urban areas and several villages: typically districts with the status of cities are known simply as Cities (for example the City of Peterborough or the City of York).
The district was created on April 1, 1974, as a merger of the borough and city of St Albans, the Harpenden urban district and most of St Albans Rural District. City status was inherited by the entire district [1], as may be determined from legislation and from the lack of charter trustees.
The council however calls itself 'St Albans District Council', although council vehicles, letterhead and website bear the brand ''St Albans City & District''.

'Local election results, 2007'

PARTY	PREVIOUS	+/-	2006
Liberal Democrat	31	Lost 2	29
Conservative	18	Gained 2	20
Labour	8		8
Others	2	0	2

The Liberal Democrats lost their majority but due to having the Mayor this year will be able to continue to control the council (the Mayor has the deciding vote).

Locality

Nearby places outside the district include Hatfield to the east, Welwyn Garden City to the northeast, Luton and Dunstable to the northwest, Hemel Hempstead to the west, Watford to the southwest and Borehamwood to the south.