Dacorum
Dacorum
Borough of Dacorum | |
|---|---|
Hemel Hempstead town centre | |
Dacorum shown within Hertfordshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | East of England |
| Administrative county | Hertfordshire |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Admin. HQ | Hemel Hempstead |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district |
| • Body | Dacorum Borough Council |
| • Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| • MPs: | David Taylor (L) Victoria Collins (LD) Gagan Mohindra (C) |
| Area | |
• Total | 82 sq mi (212 km2) |
| • Rank | 141st |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 156,123 |
| • Rank | Ranked 134th |
| • Density | 1,900/sq mi (740/km2) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
| • Ethnic groups | |
| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| Postcode | |
| ONS code | 26UC (ONS) E07000096 (GSS) |
Dacorum is a local government district with borough status in Hertfordshire, England. The council is based in Hemel Hempstead. The borough also includes the towns of Berkhamsted and Tring and surrounding villages. The borough had a population of 155,081 in 2021. Dacorum was created in 1974 and is named after the ancient hundred of Dacorum which had covered a similar area. The borough of Dacorum is the westernmost of Hertfordshire's ten districts. It borders St Albans, Three Rivers, Buckinghamshire and Central Bedfordshire.