Arun District

Arun District
Arun District
Non-metropolitan district
	River Arun at Littlehampton
	Arun shown within West Sussex
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	South East England
Historic county	Sussex
County	West Sussex
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Administrative HQ	Littlehampton
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Arun District Council
• MPs	Peter Bottomley (C); Nick Gibb (C); Andrew Griffith (C)
Area
• Total	221.0 km2 (85.3 sq mi)
• Rank	138th (of 296)
Population (2021)
• Total	165,225
• Rank	123rd (of 296)
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 95.8% White ; 1.6% Asian ; 1.5% Mixed ; 0.6% other ; 0.5% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 52.1% Christianity ; 39.9% no religion ; 6% not stated ; 0.7% Islam ; 0.5% other ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.2% Hinduism ; 0.2% Judaism ; 0.1% Sikhism ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	45UC (ONS); E07000224 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ029020

Arun is a local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in Littlehampton. The district's other towns are Arundel and Bognor Regis. The district is named after the River Arun, which runs through the centre of the district. Parts of the district fall within the South Downs National Park.

The district is on the coast, facing the English Channel. The neighbouring districts are Chichester, Horsham, Adur and Worthing.

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