Editing Halstead (section)

{{About|the town in Essex|the village in Kent|Halstead, Kent|other uses}}
{{Short description|Town in the Braintree district of Essex, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2011}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| official_name = Halstead, Essex
| static_image_name = Halstead, Essex - geograph.org.uk - 151114.jpg
| static_image_caption = St Andrew's Church and Halstead High Street
| coordinates = {{coord|51.9451|0.6411|display=inline,title}}
| population = 11,906
| population_ref = ''(2011)''<ref name=ONS/>
| civil_parish = Halstead<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.halsteadtowncouncil.org.uk/ |title=Home |website=Halstead Town Council}}</ref>
| shire_district = [[Braintree (district)|Braintree]]
| shire_county = [[Essex]]
| region = East of England
| constituency_westminster = [[Braintree (UK Parliament constituency)|Braintree]]
| post_town = HALSTEAD
| postcode_district = CO9
| postcode_area = CO
| dial_code = 01787
| os_grid_reference = TL816306
}}
'''Halstead''' is a town and [[civil parish]] in the [[Braintree District]] of [[Essex]], England. Its population of 11,906 in 2011<ref name=ONS>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11124142&c=halstead&d=16&e=61&g=6422914&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1448761605859&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491 Office for National Statistics: ''Census 2001: Population Density, 2011''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113529/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11124142&c=halstead&d=16&e=61&g=6422914&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1448761605859&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491 |date=4 March 2016 }} Retrieved 29 November 2015.</ref> was estimated to be 12,161 in 2019.<ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/eastofengland/essex/E34001263__halstead_braintree_/ City Population site. Retrieved 20 November 2020.]</ref> The town lies near [[Colchester]] and [[Sudbury, Suffolk|Sudbury]], in the [[River_Colne,_Essex|Colne Valley]]. It is twinned with [[Haubourdin]] in the Nord department of [[France]].