Harborough District

Harborough District
Non-metropolitan district
Market Harborough, the largest settlement and administrative centre of the district
Shown within Leicestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Leicestershire
Admin. HQ	Market Harborough
Government
• Type	Harborough District Council
• MPs:	Alberto Costa, Alicia Kearns, Neil O'Brien
Area
• Total	229 sq mi (592 km2)
• Rank	61st
Population  (2022)
• Total	100,481
• Rank	Ranked 244th
• Density	440/sq mi (170/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 91% White 5.4% Asian 2.1% Mixed 0.8% other 0.7% Black
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 53.1% Christianity 40.6% no religion 5.1% other 1.2% Islam
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	31UD (ONS) E07000131 (GSS)
Ethnicity	97.9% White

Harborough (/ˈhɑːrbərə/) is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. It is named after its main town, Market Harborough, which is where the council is based. The district also includes the town of Lutterworth and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. In the north of the district it includes parts of the Leicester Urban Area, notably at Thurnby, Bushby and Scraptoft. Covering 230 square miles (600 km²), the district is the largest by area of the eight districts in Leicestershire and covers almost a quarter of the county.

The neighbouring districts are Blaby, Oadby and Wigston, Leicester, Charnwood, Melton, Rutland, North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire and Rugby.