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Hertfordshire County Council

Local authority area: Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a county council, in the East of England region of England. It covers 1,643.1 km² and had 1,204,588 residents in 2022 — about 733 people per km². The council is based in Hertford.

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Council headquartersCounty Hall Including Terraces And Fountain
County Hall Including Terraces And Fountain
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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Hertfordshire, 2012–2022.

Residents, 20221,204,588+6.7% since 2012
Land area1,643.1km²634.4 sq mi
Density733/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#6of 382 UK councils · #6 in England
Population estimates4 data points
1.1M1.2M1.2M1.2M
2012201820202022
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Other county councils in East of England

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Essex1,519,509Norfolk925,299Suffolk768,555Cambridgeshire689,109
Elections

78 county electoral divisions

Divisions are built from district wards (ONS best-fit lookup); residents are the Census 2021 totals of those wards.

DivisionDistrictWardsResidents
Abbots LangleyThree Rivers321,952
Baldock & Letchworth EastNorth Hertfordshire319,487
BedwellStevenage323,709
BerkhamstedDacorum318,781
Bishop's Stortford EastEast Hertfordshire320,709
Bishop's Stortford RuralEast Hertfordshire419,732
Bishop's Stortford WestEast Hertfordshire428,572
Borehamwood NorthHertsmere218,342
Borehamwood SouthHertsmere326,818
BridgewaterDacorum417,869
BroadwaterStevenage531,782
BuntingfordEast Hertfordshire420,813
Bushey NorthHertsmere320,813
Bushey SouthHertsmere425,514
Central Watford & OxheyWatford324,765
ChellsStevenage322,637
Cheshunt CentralBroxbourne439,031
Colney Heath & MarshalswickSt Albans422,417
CroxleyThree Rivers321,190
Flamstead End & TurnfordBroxbourne330,017
Goffs Oak & Bury GreenBroxbourne219,050
HaldensWelwyn Hatfield425,243
Handside & PeartreeWelwyn Hatfield322,288
Harpenden North EastSt Albans216,064
Harpenden RuralSt Albans640,165
Harpenden South WestSt Albans215,356
Hatfield EastWelwyn Hatfield327,824
Hatfield NorthWelwyn Hatfield218,943
Hatfield RuralWelwyn Hatfield212,985
Hatfield SouthWelwyn Hatfield329,685
Hemel Hempstead EastDacorum215,790
Hemel Hempstead North EastDacorum215,026
Hemel Hempstead North WestDacorum323,827
Hemel Hempstead South EastDacorum429,830
Hemel Hempstead St. PaulsDacorum427,040
Hemel Hempstead TownDacorum326,238
Hertford All SaintsEast Hertfordshire219,022
Hertford RuralEast Hertfordshire414,013
Hertford St. AndrewsEast Hertfordshire429,420
Hitchin NorthNorth Hertfordshire215,868
Hitchin RuralNorth Hertfordshire414,077
Hitchin SouthNorth Hertfordshire535,224
Hoddesdon NorthBroxbourne219,948
Hoddesdon SouthBroxbourne549,226
Kings LangleyDacorum214,785
Knebworth & CodicoteNorth Hertfordshire415,621
Letchworth NorthNorth Hertfordshire316,975
Letchworth SouthNorth Hertfordshire427,516
London ColneySt Albans426,591
Meriden TudorWatford431,471
Nascot ParkWatford435,992
North WatfordWatford541,258
Old StevenageStevenage425,668
Potters Bar EastHertsmere422,543
Potters Bar West & ShenleyHertsmere426,539
Rickmansworth East & Oxhey ParkThree Rivers428,315
Rickmansworth WestThree Rivers429,751
Royston East & ErmineNorth Hertfordshire420,234
Royston West & RuralNorth Hertfordshire831,251
SawbridgeworthEast Hertfordshire628,242
ShephallStevenage319,378
South Oxhey & EastburyThree Rivers428,536
St. Albans CentralSt Albans540,107
St. Albans EastSt Albans323,789
St. Albans NorthSt Albans319,407
St. Albans SouthSt Albans323,468
St. NicholasStevenage319,104
St. Stephen'sSt Albans216,389
Three Rivers RuralThree Rivers428,288
TringDacorum416,386
Waltham CrossBroxbourne221,302
Ware NorthEast Hertfordshire421,125
Ware SouthEast Hertfordshire422,266
WatlingHertsmere315,158
WelwynWelwyn Hatfield318,770
Welwyn Garden City SouthWelwyn Hatfield320,504
West WatfordWatford434,863
Woodside StanboroughWatford215,555
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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CApsley - Hertfordshire County CouncilCouncil office · Hemel Hempstead HP3 9DQCHertfordshire County CouncilCouncil office · Stevenage SG1 2ST · hours listedCHertfordshire County Council Adult Care ServicesCouncil office · Stevenage SG1 2ST · hours listed
Source: Wikidata Q3410 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.