Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire | |
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Huntingdon, the historic county town of Huntingdonshire | |
Huntingdonshire shown within Cambridgeshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | East of England |
| Non-metropolitan county | Cambridgeshire |
| Status | Non-metropolitan district |
| Admin HQ | Huntingdon |
| Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Non-metropolitan district council |
| • Body | Huntingdonshire District Council |
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet |
| • MPs | Ben Obese-Jecty Sam Carling |
| Area | |
• Total | 352.3 sq mi (912.5 km2) |
| • Rank | 34th (of 296) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 190,619 |
| • Rank | 109th (of 296) |
| • Density | 541.0/sq mi (208.9/km2) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
| • Ethnic groups | |
| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| ONS code | 12UE (ONS) E07000011 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TL1900381334 |
| Website | huntingdonshire |
Huntingdonshire (/ˈhʌntɪŋdənʃər, -ʃɪər/; abbreviated Hunts) is a local government district in Cambridgeshire, England. The district had a population of 180,800 at the 2021 census, and has an area of 354.3 square miles (918 km2). The largest towns are St Neots (33,410), Huntingdon (25,428), and St Ives (16,815). The district council is based in Huntingdon.
Historically a county in its own right, Huntingdonshire's boundaries were established in the Anglo-Saxon era. Huntingdonshire became an administrative county in 1889. In 1965, it was merged with the Soke of Peterborough to form Huntingdon and Peterborough, which was in turn merged with Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely in 1974 to form Cambridgeshire, of which Huntingdonshire is now a district.