Borough of Maidstone

Borough of Maidstone
Borough of Maidstone
Non-metropolitan district
	Jubilee Square, Maidstone
	Maidstone shown within Kent
	Coordinates: 51°16′24″N 0°31′20″E
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Kent
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Maidstone
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Maidstone Borough Council
• Leadership	Committees (Shared)
• MPs	Helen Whately; Helen Grant
Area
• Total	151.9 sq mi (393.3 km2)
• Rank	87th (of 296)
Population (2021)
• Total	176,712
• Rank	117th (of 296)
• Density	1,200/sq mi (450/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 89.8% White ; 4.7% Asian ; 2.3% Mixed ; 2.1% Black ; 1.2% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 49.3% Christianity ; 40.1% no religion ; 5.7% not stated ; 1.9% Islam ; 1.4% Hinduism ; 0.8% Buddhism ; 0.6% other ; 0.2% Sikhism ; 0.1% Judaism ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	29UH (ONS); E07000110 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TQ7588156056

The Borough of Maidstone is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. Its administrative centre is Maidstone, the county town of Kent.

The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the municipal borough of Maidstone with the rural districts of Maidstone and Hollingbourne, under the Local Government Act 1972.

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