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The district of Mid Sussex, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex, has nearly 100 churches and other places of worship. Most are in the three main towns of Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and East Grinstead, but almost every village and hamlet in the mostly rural district has at least one church or chapel. Many Christian denominations are represented, and a mosque opened in Haywards Heath in 2010. Many of Mid Sussex's places of worship have been awarded listed status. A building is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, a Government department, is responsible for this; English Heritage, a non-departmental public body, acts as an agency of the department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues. There are three grades of listing status. Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of "exceptional interest"; Grade II * is used for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest"; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for buildings of "special interest". All Anglican churches in Mid Sussex are in the Diocese of Chichester. Some have their own parish, while others are part of larger parishes covering more than one village. All Roman Catholic churches are part of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. ==Religious affiliation in Mid Sussex== According to the 2001 United Kingdom Census, 127,378 people lived in Mid Sussex. Of these, 75.9% identified themselves as Christian, 0.6% were Muslim, 0.3% were Hindu, 0.07% were Sikh, 0.2% were Buddhist, 0.2% were Jewish, 0.6% followed another religion, 15.3% claimed no religious affiliation and 6.8% did not state their religion. The proportion of Christians is higher than the 71.7% in England as a whole, while affiliation with Islam, Hinduism, Judaism and Sikhism is much less widespread than in England overall: 3.1% of people in England are Muslim, 1.1% are Hindu, 0.7% are Sikh and 0.5% are Jewish. 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「List of places of worship in Mid Sussex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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