Chiltern (district)
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| Chiltern District | |
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 Shown within the administrative county of Buckinghamshire |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South East England |
| Admin. County: | Buckinghamshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 190th 196.35 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Amersham |
| ONS code: | 11UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density |
Ranked 255th 90,300 460 / km² |
| Ethnicity[1]: | 92.9% White 3.6% S.Asian 1.1% Black 1.4% Mixed Race 1.0% Chinese or Other |
| Politics | |
Chiltern District Council http://www.chiltern.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Cheryl Gillan, David Lidington |
Chiltern is one of four local government districts of Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is named after the Chiltern Hills on which the region sits.
The main towns in the district are Amersham and Chesham. It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the Chesham Urban District and Amersham Rural District (which entirely surrounded it).
The parishes that make up Chiltern District are:
- Amersham
- Ashley Green
- Chalfont St Peter
- Chartridge
- Chenies
- Chesham
- Chesham Bois
- Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards
- Coleshill
- Great Missenden
- Latimer
- Little Missenden
- Penn
- Seer Green
- The Lee
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[edit] Quality of Rural Life
In May 2008, the district was named by the Halifax bank as having the best rural quality of life anywhere in Britain.[2]
[edit] Energy policy
In May 2006, a report commissioned by British Gas [3] showed that housing in Chiltern produced the 4th highest average carbon emissions in the country at 7,421 kg of carbon dioxide per dwelling.
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