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Dacorum

Dacorum shown within Hertfordshire

Arms

Arms of Dacorum Borough Council

Dacorum is a borough in Hertfordshire, England. It includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, and Tring.

The Borough of Dacorum was formed in 1974 by the amalgamation of 7 smaller local authorities, each symbolised in the 7 oak leaves in the centre of the coat of arms. They were :-

• The Borough of Hemel Hempstead,
• Berkhamsted Urban District,
• Tring Urban District,
• Berkhamsted Rural District,
• Hemel Hemstead Rural District,
• Part of the St. Albans Rural District
• Part of Watford Rural District.

It takes its name from the old hundred of Dacorum which covered approximately the same area. The name of the hundred, first recorded in 1196, is simply the Latin for "of the Danes", since the hundred lay within the Danelaw, the southern boundaries of both being formed by the River Lea.

It had a population of 137,799 at the 2001 census.

The Borough is twinned with the town of Neu Isenburg in Germany.

Political representation

The council is made up of 52 seats.

Representation at March 2004 is as follows:-

• Conservative 32 - drawing support largely from the better off parts of Hemel Hempstead and the surrounding rural areas.
• Labour 14 - drawing support largely from the post war estates of Hemel Hempstead new town
• Liberal Democrat 6 - drawing support largely from the smaller towns of Tring and Berkhempstead

External link

• Dacorum Borough Council
• History of the name
• More history

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