County Durham (district)

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County Durham
Locomotion Museum
Population
 (2021)
 • Total521,346 (Ranked 10th)
Ethnicity (2021)
 • Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
 • Religion
List
Postcode
Dialling code0191
ISO 3166-2GB-DUR
ONS code00EJ (ONS)
E06000047 (GSS)
Websitedurham.gov.uk

County Durham is a

civil parishes.[3] It forms part of the larger ceremonial county of Durham, together with boroughs of Darlington, Hartlepool, and the part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees
.

History

Between 1974 and 1 April 2009, County Durham was governed as a two-tier

Easington, Sedgefield, Teesdale, and Wear Valley.[4] In 1997 Darlington was removed from the non-metropolitan county and became a separate unitary authority.[5] In 2009 the remaining districts were abolished and replaced by a single district covering the non-metropolitan county, with Durham County Council as the sole local authority.[6]

Geography

The district has multiple hamlets and villages. Settlements with town status include Consett, Barnard Castle, Peterlee, Seaham, Bishop Auckland, Newton Aycliffe, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Shildon, Chester-le-Street, Crook, Stanley, Willington, Stanhope, Spennymoor, Ferryhill and Sedgefield while Durham is the only city in the district.[citation needed]

Neighbouring council areas
Local authority In relation to the district
Northumberland North
Gateshead
North east
City of Sunderland North east
Hartlepool South east
Stockton-on-Tees South east
Darlington South
North Yorkshire South
Westmorland and Furness West

Governance

Following the 2021 United Kingdom local elections, the council is now[when?] under control of a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Conservative Party, Independents and North East Party.[citation needed]

Education

Durham

LEA has a comprehensive school system with 36 state secondary schools (not including sixth form colleges) and five independent schools (four in Durham and one in Barnard Castle). Easington district has the largest school population by year, and Teesdale has the smallest with two schools. Only one school in Easington and Derwentside districts have sixth forms, with about half the schools in the other districts having sixth forms.[citation needed
]

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