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The Borough of Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, named after its main town, Colchester. The borough covers an area of and stretches from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk border in the north to Mersea Island on the Colne Estuary in the south. The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the former borough of Colchester, covering an area of around , with the urban districts of West Mersea and Wivenhoe, along with Lexden and Winstree Rural District. ==Demography== The ''Essex County Standard'' of September 4, 2009 said that "Government estimates" made Colchester the largest borough in the county: its officially acknowledged population is second highest among non-London boroughs, behind Northampton. According to the Office for National Statistics as of 2008, Colchester had a population of approximately 181,000.〔(Colchester Resident Population ) ONS. Retrieved on 2010-03-07.〕 Average life expectancy was 78.7 for males. and 83.3 for females.〔(Colchester Life Expectancy ) ONS. Retrieved on 2010-03-07.〕 Based on ethnic groups, predominantly of 92% of the population is White (87.5% British, 0.7% Irish and 3.8% Other White), Asians were the second largest making up 3.6% (0.8% Indian, 0.2% Pakistani, 0.2% Bangladeshi and 1% Chinese, other 1.4%), Black people constituted 1.4% (0.3% Caribbean, 1% African, 0.1% other), those of mixed race made up 1.8%, 0.6% were Arab and there were 0.4% from other ethnic groups.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Office for National Statistics (ONS) )〕 In the 2011 census, 57.7% identified themselves as Christian, while 31.4% had no affiliation to a religion. Of other religions, 1.6% identified as Muslim, 0.7% Hindu, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.2 Jewish, 0.1% Sikh, 0.5% others, and 7.3% did not answer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher = Office for National Statistics (ONS) )〕 There are more than 100 churches located in Colchester: other religious places of worship include the Colchester Islamic Cultural Association and the Jewish Community Synagogue. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Borough of Colchester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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