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Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead
is a large new town in
Hertfordshire
in the
East of England
, northwest of London and part of the
Greater London Urban Area
. The population according to the
2001 Census
was 81,143, and at the 2011 census was 94932. Developed after the
Second World War
as a
new town
, it has existed as a settlement since the 8th century and was granted its
town charter
by
King Henry VIII
in 1539. It is part of the district (and
borough
since 1984) of
Dacorum
and the
Hemel Hempstead
constituency.
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