<Dt> List of places </Dt> <P> The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield (pronunciation (help info)), more colloquially known as Sutton Coldfield or simply Sutton, is a town and civil parish in Birmingham, West Midlands, England . The town lies about 7 miles (10 km) northeast of Birmingham City Centre and borders Little Aston, North Warwickshire, Lichfield, Erdington and South Staffordshire . Its 2011 Census population was 95,107--an increase of 6.7% since the 2001 Census . </P> <P> Historically in Warwickshire, it became part of Birmingham and the West Midlands metropolitan county in 1974 . In 2015, the town elected a Parish / Town Council for the first time in its recent history . </P> <P> An affluent town ranked as the fourth least deprived area in the country encompassing the Four Oaks Park Estate and bordering the Little Aston Park private estate where many of the region's wealthiest residents live . </P>

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