North Hertfordshire

North Hertfordshire District
Non-metropolitan district
St Mary's Church from Market Place in Hitchin, the district's largest town
North Hertfordshire shown within Hertfordshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East of England
Non-metropolitan county	Hertfordshire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Letchworth
Established	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	North Hertfordshire District Council
• MPs	Kevin Bonavia (L) Chris Hinchliff (L) Alistair Strathern (L)
Area
• Total	144.9 sq mi (375.4 km2)
• Rank	91st (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	134,159
• Rank	177th (of 296)
• Density	930/sq mi (360/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 87.5% White 5.2% Asian 3.7% Mixed 2.4% Black 1.1% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 44.5% no religion 43.8% Christianity 10.2% other 1.5% Islam
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	26UF (ONS) E07000099 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL2355435083

North Hertfordshire is one of ten local government districts in the county of Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Letchworth Garden City and the largest town is Hitchin. The district also includes the towns of Baldock and Royston and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Part of the district lies within the Chiltern Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The neighbouring districts are East Hertfordshire, Stevenage, Welwyn Hatfield, St Albans, Luton, Central Bedfordshire, South Cambridgeshire and Uttlesford.