London Borough of Camden

The London Borough of Camden is a burgh o Lunnon, Ingland, whilk forms pairt o Inner Lunnon. The soothren reaks o Camden forms a pairt o Central Lunnon. The local authority is Camden London Borough Council.^[2]

London Borough of Camden
Lunnon burgh
Coat of airms o London Borough of Camden Coat airms Official logo of London Borough of Camden Cooncil logo
Camden shown athin Greater Lunnon
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	Lunnon
Ceremonial coonty	Greater Lunnon
Status	Lunnon burgh
Admin HQ	Toun Haw, Judd Street
Incorporatit	1 Aprile 1965
Govrenment
• Teep	Lunnon borough cooncil
• Bodi	Camden London Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Labour)
• Mayor	Cllr Abdul Quadir
• MPs	Frank Dobson Glenda Jackson
• Lunnon Assembly	Brian Coleman AM for Barnet an Camden
• EU Parliament	Lunnon
Area
• Total	21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Area rank	317t (o 326)
Population  (mid-2016 est.)
• Rank	68t (o 326)
• Ethnicity[1]	44% White Breetish 3.2% White Erse 19% Ither White 1.1% White & Black Caribbean 0.8% White & Black African 1.8% White & Asie 1.9% Ither Mixed 2.8% Indie 0.7% Pakistani 5.7% Bangladeshi 4% Ither Asie 1.6% Black Caribbean 4.9% Black African 1.7% Ither Black 2.9% Cheenese 2.3% Ither
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Polis force	Metropolitan Polis
Website	www.camden.gov.uk

History

The burgh wis creatit in 1965 frae the umwhile aurie o the metropolitan burghs o Hampstead, Holborn, an St Pancras, whilk haed formed pairt o the Coonty o Lunnon.^[3] The borough wis named efter Camden Town, whilk haed gained its name frae Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden in 1795.^[4]

Destricts an environs

For a full leet o destricts an neebourheids o Camden, see Leet o destricts in Camden

The aurie is in the northren pairt o the ceety, reakin frae Holborn an Bloomsbury in the sooth tae Hampstead Heath in the north. Neighbourin auries is the Ceety o Wastmeenster an the Ceety o Lunnon soothle, Brent wastle, Barnet an Haringey northle an Islington eastle. It kivers aw or pairt o the N1, N6, N7, N19, NW1, NW2, NW3, NW5, NW6, NW8, EC1, EC2, EC4, WC1, WC2, W1 an W9 postcode auries. It conteens pairts o central Lunnon.

References

1. Data Management and Analysis Group, Greater London Authority, Demography Update October 2007, (2007)
2. "Camden Council: About the Council". www.camden.gov.uk. Archived frae the original on 19 Apryle 2023. Retrieved 28 Julie 2010.
3. Vision of Britain - Camden LB Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
4. Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)

Freemit airtins

Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae London Borough of Camden.

• The wabsteid o Camden Cooncil Archived 2006-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Camden TV
• Things to do in Camden Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Camden Guide Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Online spin-off of The Lock magazine)
• WHO's Commission 2008 finding on the Social Determinants of Health finding re 'two Camdens' syndrome (3rd para) Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine

Video clips

• Camden Council YouTube channel

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