Braintree (district)

Braintree District
Shown within Essex
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Essex
Area: - Total	Ranked 73rd 611.71 km²
Admin. HQ:	Braintree
ONS code:	22UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 128th 134,488 220 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.2% White
Politics
Braintree District Council http://www.braintree.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative + Independent
MPs:	Alan Hurst, Alan Haselhurst

Braintree is a local government district in the English county of Essex. Its main town is Braintree.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Braintree and Brocking , Halstead, and Witham and Braintree Rural District and Halstead Rural District .