St Pancras

St Pancras
London Borough of Camden
Camden
Lage in Greater London
Status London Borough
Region Greater London
Verwaltungssitz St Pancras
Fläche 21,80 km² (345.)
Einwohner (2007) 231.900 (48.)
ONS-Code 00AG
Website www.camden.gov.uk

London Borough of Camden [ˈkæmdən] ist ein Stadtbezirk von London. Er liegt unmittelbar nördlich des Stadtzentrums und reicht bis zum Hampstead Heath. Bei der Gründung von Greater London im Jahr 1965 ersetzte er die Bezirke Hampstead, Holborn und St Pancras der ehemaligen County of London.

Die Bevölkerung setzt sich folgendermaßen zusammen: 73,2 % Weiße, 10,4 % Südasiaten (vor allem aus Bangladesch), 8,3 % Schwarze und 1,8 % Chinesen.

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  • Bloomsbury
  • Camden Town
  • Dartmouth Park
  • Fortune Green
  • Fitzrovia
  • Gospel Oak
  • Hampstead
  • Highgate
  • Holborn
  • Kentish Town
  • Kilburn
  • Kings Cross
  • Primrose Hill
  • Somers Town
  • South Hampstead
  • St Pancras
  • Swiss Cottage
  • West Hampstead

Tourismus

In Hampstead befindet sich mit dem Pfadfinderinnenzentrum Pax Lodge eines der vier Weltzentren der World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Gleich neben Pax Lodge liegt der Hauptsitz des Weltverbandes WAGGGS. Gegründet wurde die WAGGGS 1928 von Olave Baden-Powell, Ehefrau von Robert Baden-Powell dem Begründer der Pfadfinderbewegung.

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