CASTLE POINT

Borough of Castle Point
Castle Point ''Shown within Essex''
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East of England
Admin. County:	Essex
Area: - Total	Ranked 307th 45.08 km²
Admin. HQ:	Benfleet
ONS code:	22UE
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.2% White
Politics
Arms of Castle Point Borough Council Castle Point Borough Council http://www.castlepoint.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:
MP:	Bob Spink

'Castle Point' is a local government district and borough in Essex, England. Its council is based in Benfleet.
It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the Benfleet Urban District and the Canvey Island Urban District. The name of the new district contained references to the principal landmarks of the two combined urban districts: Hadleigh Castle and Canvey Point. The district was granted borough status in 1992.

Contents

Twinning

See also

Notes

Twinning

Castle point is twinned ^[1] with three towns and county's which include:
Romainville, a North Eastern Paris suburb since 30th March 1962.
Cologne District, Germany. Formally since 19th June 1971 when Lövenich (Now part of Cologne) was a independent town.
County Roscommon, a County situated in the Republic of Ireland. Twinned with Castle point council in April 1998.

See also

★ Castle Point (UK Parliament constituency) - election results for this constituency.

Notes

1. http://www.castlepoint.gov.uk/Category.asp?cat=455