Canterbury
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non-metropolitan district with city status in Kent, England
Key facts
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Country
- England
- Region
- South East England
- Non metropolitan county
- Kent
- Status
- Non-metropolitan district , Borough , City
- Admin hq
- Canterbury
- Incorporated
- 1 April 1974
- Type
- Non-metropolitan district council
- Body
- Canterbury City Council
- Mps
- Rosie Duffield , Roger Gale
- Total
- 119.24 sq mi (308.84 km )
- Rank
- 117th (of 296)
- Density
- 1,359/sq mi (524.9/km )
- Ethnic groups
- List 89.2% White 4.1% Asian 2.7% Mixed 2.5% Black 1.5% other
- Religion
- List 46.6% Christianity 42% no religion 7% not stated 1.8% Islam 0.8% Hinduism 0.7% other 0.6% Buddhism 0.2% Judaism 0.2% Sikhism
- Time zone
- UTC0 ( GMT )
- Summer dst
- UTC+1 ( BST )
- Ons code
- 29UC (ONS), E07000106 (GSS)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Canterbury (/ˈkæntərbəri/ KAN-tər-bər-ee or /-bɛri/ -berr-ee), also known as the City of Canterbury, is a local government district and City in Kent, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Canterbury, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Fordwich, Herne Bay and Whitstable, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Parts of the district lie within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of the Kent Downs.
The neighbouring districts (clockwise from east) are Thanet, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe, Ashford and Swale, all of which are also in Kent. To the north the district has a coast onto the North Sea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canterbury” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.