Hemel Hempstead is a town A town is a settlement ranging from a few hundred to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition. Usually, a "town" is thought of as larger than a village but smaller than a "city", in Hertfordshire Hertfordshire (pronounced /ˈhɑrfərdʃər/ or /ˈhɑrtfərdʃɪər/ ), abbreviated Herts, is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford, England, United Kingdom with a population In biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything of 81,143 at the United Kingdom Census 2001 A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a population of 58,789,194 (but now estimated at around 89,000 by Hertfordshire County Council). Developed after World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's nations, including all great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved the mobilisation of over 100 million military personnel, making it the most widespread war in history. In a state of as a new town A new town, planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion, it has existed as a settlement since the 8th century. It is part of the district Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities (and borough A borough is an administrative division of various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely since 1984) of Dacorum The Borough of Dacorum is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England. It includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring, and Kings Langley. It had a population of 137,799 at the 2001 census and the Hemel Hempstead constituency.
