| olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Chester-le-Street District |
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Shown within County Durham |
| olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography |
| idth="45%"|Status: | District |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Regions-of-England" title="Regions of England">Region: | North East England |
| dmin. County: | County Durham |
a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area:
- Total | Ranked 282nd
67.58 km² |
| dmin. HQ: | Chester-le-Street |
| a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code: | 20UB |
| olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics |
a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density | Ranked 336th
53,256
788 / km² |
| thnicity: | 99.0% White |
| olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics |
olspan=2 align=center|Chester-le-Street District Council
http://www.chester-le-street.gov.uk/ |
| a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| xecutive: | Labour |
| a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MP: | Kevan Jones |