East Hampshire

East Hampshire
East Hampshire
Non-metropolitan district
	Petersfield town centre
	East Hampshire shown within Hampshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Hampshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Petersfield
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	East Hampshire District Council
• MPs	Damian Hinds; Flick Drummond
Area
• Total	198.6 sq mi (514.4 km2)
• Rank	76th (of 296)
Population (2021)
• Total	126,199
• Rank	187th (of 296)
• Density	640/sq mi (250/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 95.4% White ; 1.9% Asian ; 1.7% Mixed ; 0.5% Black ; 0.5% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 51.1% Christianity ; 40.9% no religion ; 6.1% not stated ; 0.6% Islam ; 0.5% other ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.3% Hinduism ; 0.2% Judaism ; 0.1% Sikhism ;
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	24UC (ONS); E07000085 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SU7659323528

East Hampshire is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Petersfield, although the largest town is Alton. The district also contains the town of Bordon along with many villages and surrounding rural areas.

Parts of the district lie within the South Downs National Park. The neighbouring districts are Havant, Winchester, Basingstoke and Deane, Hart, Waverley and Chichester.

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