City of Milton Keynes
The City of Milton Keynes is a borough in Buckinghamshire, England, which has had city status since 2022. It takes its name from its main settlement, Milton Keynes. The borough abuts Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and the remainder of Buckinghamshire. It is administered by Milton Keynes City Council, which has been a unitary authority since 1997. It is the northernmost district of the South East England Region.
The principal built-up area in the borough is the Milton Keynes urban area, which accounts for about 20% of its area and 90% of its population. The borough also includes many rural areas surrounding the Milton Keynes urban area, especially to the north, containing several villages and the town of Olney. At the 2021 census, the population of the borough was just over 287,000.