City of Canterbury

City of Canterbury
City of Canterbury
Non-metropolitan district, borough, city
	Canterbury
	Aerial of Canterbury Cathedral and the surrounding area
	Canterbury shown within Kent
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Kent
Status	Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City
Admin HQ	Canterbury
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Canterbury City Council
• Leadership	Committee system, Alan Baldock (Labour)
• MPs	Rosie Duffield; Roger Gale
Area
• Total	119.24 sq mi (308.84 km2)
• Rank	117th (of 296)
Population (2021)
• Total	156,554
• Rank	131st (of 296)
• Density	1,300/sq mi (510/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 89.2% White ; 4.1% Asian ; 2.7% Mixed ; 2.5% Black ; 1.5% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 46.6% Christianity ; 42% no religion ; 7% not stated ; 1.8% Islam ; 0.8% Hinduism ; 0.7% other ; 0.6% Buddhism ; 0.2% Judaism ; 0.2% Sikhism ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	29UC (ONS); E07000106 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TR145575
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Canterbury (/ˈkæntərbəri/), also known as the City of Canterbury, is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. As well as Canterbury itself, the district extends to the towns of Fordwich, Herne Bay and Whitstable.

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