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Horsham District
Shown within West Sussex
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South East England
Historic County:	Sussex
Admin. County:	West Sussex
Area: - Total	Ranked 93rd 530.26 km²
Admin. HQ:	Horsham
ONS code:	45UF
Demographics
Population: - Total (2008 est.) - Density	Ranked 156th 130,700 246 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.8% White
Politics
Horsham District Council http://www.horsham.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Nick Herbert, Francis Maude

For other places with the same name, see Horsham (disambiguation).

Horsham is a local government district in West Sussex, England. Its council is based in Horsham. The district borders those of Crawley, Mid Sussex, Mole Valley, Chichester, Arun and Adur.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Horsham urban district along with Chanctonbury Rural District and Horsham Rural District.

On a recent Channel 4 television programme, the Horsham district was classed as the ninth best district to live in in the United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Civil parishes

Within the Horsham District are the following civil parishes:

Parish	Type	Area (Hectare)	Population (2001)	Pop Density /Hectare
Amberley	Parish Council	1179.37	533	0.45
Ashington	Parish Council	805.15	2351	2.91
Ashurst	Parish Council	1009.41	226	0.22
Billingshurst	Parish Council	3219.31	6531	2.03
Bramber	Parish Council	719.06	757	1.05
Broadbridge Heath	Parish Council	215.64	3021	14.01
Coldwaltham	Parish Council	893.13	845	0.95
Colgate	Parish Council	2243.67	1119	0.50
Cowfold	Parish Council	1925.57	1864	0.97
Henfield	Parish Council	1734.75	5012	2.89
Horsham	Unparished	1170.63	23698	20.24
Itchingfield	Parish Council	1091.06	1477	1.35
Lower Beeding	Parish Council	1845.06	1001	0.54
North Horsham	Parish Council	1094.77	21348	19.50
Nuthurst	Parish Council	1696.76	1711	1.00
Parham	Parish Council	1586.23	214	0.13
Pulborough	Parish Council	2098.31	4685	2.23
Rudgwick	Parish Council	2468.98	2791	1.13
Rusper	Parish Council	2588.56	1389	0.54
Shermanbury	Parish Council	775.15	454	0.59
Shipley	Parish Council	3125.60	1075	0.34
Slinfold	Parish Council	1694.81	1647	0.97
Southwater	Parish Council	1400.20	10025	7.16
Steyning	Parish Council	1574.09	5812	3.69
Storrington and Sullington	Parish Council	1199.69	6074	5.06
Thakeham	Parish Council	1170.63	1794	1.53
Upper Beeding	Parish Council	1877.48	3798	2.02
Warnham	Parish Council	1980.21	1958	0.99
Washington	Parish Council	1275.90	1930	1.51
West Chiltington	Parish Council	1732.54	3315	1.91
West Grinstead	Parish Council	2583.65	2934	1.14
Wiston	Parish Council	1359.67	221	0.16
Woodmancote	Parish Council	848.72	478	0.56
Horsham	Total	53096.21	122088	2.30