Milton Keynes (borough)
| Borough of Milton Keynes | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | South East England |
| Ceremonial County: | Buckinghamshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 154th 308.63 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Milton Keynes |
| ONS code: | 00MG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 59th 210,426 682 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 90.7% White 3.7% S.Asian 2.4% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
 Milton Keynes Council http://www.miltonkeynes.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats |
| MPs: | Phyllis Starkey, Brian White |
Milton Keynes is a borough in England. It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Bletchley, Newport Pagnell and Wolverton, Newport Pagnell Rural District and part of Wing Rural District.
Before April 1, 1997 it was part of Buckinghamshire, but now forms an independent county of itself, making it a unitary authority. It borders the administrative counties of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Its largest town is Milton Keynes.
Milton Keynes is home to the Open University, the largest University in the UK, and is the home of Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing and others worked in WWII to break the German Enigma code.
Towns, villages and hamlets in the borough of Milton Keynes