County Durham (district)

County Durham
County Durham
Unitary authority area and district
	Durham
	From left to right; Top: Durham Cathedral; Middle: Seaham Beach and Chester-le-Street aerial; Bottom: Barnard Castle and Shildon Locomotion Museum;
	Flag Coat of arms
	Shown within Durham ceremonial county
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North East England
County	Durham
Unitary Authority	1 April 2009
Seat	Durham
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan; Unitary authority
• Local Authority	Durham County Council
• MPs	Mary Foy (L); Dehenna Davison (C); Paul Howell (C); Grahame Morris (L); Kevan Jones (L); Richard Holden (C)
Population (2021)
• Total	521,346 (Ranked 10th)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 96.8% White ; 1.5% Asian ; 0.9% Mixed ; 0.4% other ; 0.3% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 54.6% Christianity ; 38.6% no religion ; 5.1% not stated ; 0.6% Islam ; 0.4% other ; 0.2% Buddhism ; 0.2% Hinduism ; 0.2% Sikhism ; 0.1% Judaism ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	DH1-DH99
Dialling code	0191
ISO 3166-2	GB-DUR
ONS code	00EJ (ONS); E06000047 (GSS)
Website	durham.gov.uk

County Durham is a local government district in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is governed by Durham County Council, a unitary authority. The district has an area of 2,232.6 km² (862 sq m), and contains 135 civil parishes. 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.

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