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East Staffordshire

Borough of East Staffordshire
East Staffordshire
Shown within Staffordshire
Geography
Status:Borough
Region:West Midlands
Admin. County:Staffordshire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 120th
390.00 km²
Admin. HQ:Burton-upon-Trent
ONS code:41UC
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
Ranked 209th
104,318
267 / km²
Ethnicity:93.9% White
4.3% S.Asian
Politics
East Staffordshire Borough Council
http://www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk/
Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Executive:Conservative
MPs:Janet Dean, Michael Fabricant

East Staffordshire is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire in England. It has two main towns - towns Burton-upon-Trent famous for its breweries and Uttoxeter for its racecourse.

Villages in the area are Tutbury, Barton Under Needwood , Rolleston on Dove, Hanbury , Doveridge.

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the former county borough of Burton-upon-Trent with Uttoxeter urban district and Tutbury Rural District and Uttoxeter Rural District .




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