South Holland is a local government district of Lincolnshire. The district council is based in Spalding. Other notable towns include Crowland, Holbeach and Long Sutton. The district is named after the historical division of Lincolnshire known as the Parts of Holland.

South Holland District
Non-metropolitan district
Shown within the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Lincolnshire
Admin. HQ	Spalding
Government
• Type	South Holland District Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative
• MP:	John Hayes
Area
• Total	289.9 sq mi (750.9 km2)
• Rank	50th
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	95,019
• Rank	Ranked 254th
• Density	330/sq mi (130/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	32UF (ONS) E07000140 (GSS)
Ethnicity	98.8% White
Website	sholland.gov.uk

South Holland District Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan district council
Leadership
Leader	Gary Porter, Conservative since 2003[1]
Structure
Seats	37[2]
Political groups	Administration (24)   Conservatives (24) Opposition (13)   Independent (12)   Unspecified (1)
Elections
Last election	2 May 2019
Meeting place
Council Offices, Priory Road, Spalding, PE11 2XE
Website
https://www.sholland.gov.uk/

It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Spalding urban district with East Elloe Rural District and Spalding Rural District. All these were previously in the administrative county of Holland.

South Holland borders the borough of Boston to the north, The Wash and the county of Norfolk to the east, the county of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough unitary authority to the south, the Lincolnshire district of South Kesteven to the west, and the district of North Kesteven to the north-west.

Demographics

There were 76,512 citizens in the district at the 2001 census.[3] The median age was nearly 43.[3] 82.6% of people in the district claimed to adhere to a Christian religion – the highest proportion of any district in the East Midlands.

The 2011 census reports 88,270 people at 1.2 per hectare in 37,264 households.[4]

Much of the district is low-lying and highly fertile agricultural land which is protected from flooding by land drainage. This is the responsibility of the South Holland Internal Drainage Board and the Environment Agency.[5]

Arms

References

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[de] South Holland

[ru] Южный Холланд