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Durham County has its western boundary high in the Pennine Hills and its eastern boundary at the North Sea coastline. The area is mainly rural with 12 main towns and 240 other small towns and villages, many of which are former colliery villages. The population is almost 500,000 with more than half of the residents living in villages of less than 10,000 people.
Currently, local government in the county is organised on a two-tier basis, in which two types of council, a county council and a district or borough council, provide the council services you receive. Across Durham there is one county council and six district or borough councils.

District and borough councils

• Chester-le-Street District Council
• Derwentside District Council
• City of Durham Council
• District of Easington
• Sedgefield Borough Council
• Teesdale District Council
• Wear Valley District Council

As from the 1st of April  2009 a new single authority will be in place.
Please click here for more information.

Useful websites
Durham Connects website.
Facts and figures about County Durham
Overview of County Durham