Place:Hertsmere District, Hertfordshire, England

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NameHertsmere District
Alt namesBorough of Hertsmere
TypeDistrict municipality
Coordinates51.66°N 0.27°W
Located inHertfordshire, England     (1974 - )
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Hertsmere is a local government district and borough in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Borehamwood. Other towns in the borough include Bushey, Elstree, Radlett and Potters Bar. Its population, according to a 2014 estimate, was 102,500.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the former area of

The name "Hertsmere" was invented for the new district by combining the common abbreviation of "Hertfordshire" ("Herts") with "mere", an archaic word for boundary. The name is doubly appropriate as the district straddles the historic county boundary between Middlesex and Hertfordshire and forms the administrative boundary between Hertfordshire and Greater London. The name is reflected in the council's coat of arms, which shows a hart upon the battlements of a boundary wall.

The district was awarded borough status by Royal Charter in 1977.

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