London Borough of Camden
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]
London Borough of Camden | |
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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 |
History
eeditThe 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- 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- ↑ 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
eeditWikimedia 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