Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet
Stansted Mountfitchet
Stansted Mountfitchet Location within Essex
Population	8,621 (2021)[1]
OS grid reference	TL5124
Civil parish	Stansted Mountfitchet [2]
District	Uttlesford
Shire county	Essex
Region	East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STANSTED
Postcode district	CM24
Dialling code	01279
Police	Essex
Fire	Essex
Ambulance	East of England
UK Parliament	Saffron Walden
List of places UK England Essex 51°53′53″N 0°11′53″E / 51.898°N 0.198°E / 51.898; 0.198

Stansted Mountfitchet is an English village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, near the Hertfordshire border, 35 miles (56 km) north of London. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 5,533, increasing to 6,011 at the 2011 census. By the 2021 census it had increased to 8621. ^[1] The village is served by Stansted Mountfitchet railway station.

Stansted Mountfitchet is situated in north-west Essex near the Hertfordshire border and 3 miles (5 km) north of Bishop's Stortford. Stansted Airport is 2 miles (3 km) from the village. The village has three primary schools (Bentfield Primary School, St Mary's (C of E) Primary School and Magna Carta Primary Academy) and one high school which was renamed the Forest Hall School in September, 2013.