Leicester
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Leicester (i/ˈlɛstər/ LESS-tər,[4] but aften locally /ˈlɛstɒ/) is a ceety an unitar authority aurie in the East Midlands o Ingland, an the coonty toun o Leicestershire. The ceety lees on the River Soar an at the edge o the National Forest.
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Leicester City of Leicester | |
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Ceety an unitar authority aurie | |
Leicester landmarks: (clockwise frae top-left) Jewry Wall, National Space Centre, Arch of Remembrance, Central Leicester, Curve theatre, Leicester Cathedral an Guildhall, Welford Road Stadium, Leicester Market | |
Motto(s): Semper Eadem {Constant/Always the Same//"'the Eternal Urbs'"} | |
Location athin Leicestershire an Ingland | |
Coordinates: 52°38′N 1°08′W | |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Constituent kintra | Ingland |
Region | East Midlands |
Ceremonial coonty | Leicestershire |
Admin HQ | City Hall 115 Charles St Leicester LE1 1FZ |
Encastellation o pre-existin cælto-mercian inhabitit centrality | AD c.47 as Ratae Corieltauvorum bi the Romans |
Ceety Status | restored 1919 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Unitar authority, Ceety |
• Lord Mayor | Ted Cassidy[1] |
• Ceety Mayor | Peter Soulsby |
• Leadership | Electit mayor an cabinet |
• Unitar authority | Leicester City Council |
• Leet o MPs | Leet o MPs
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Area | |
• Ceety an unitar authority aurie | 73.32 km2 (28.31 sq mi) |
Population (2011 est.) | |
• Ceety an unitar authority aurie | 368,571 (Rankit 16t) |
• Density | 4,605/km2 (11,930/sq mi) |
• Urban | 509,000 |
• Metro | 836,484[2] |
Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (Breetish Simmer Time) |
Postcode | LE+'... : (LE1-5); [LE8-9, LE18-19]; {LE6-LE7, LE10, LE17, LE12 partial & LE67} (urban);[metropolitan];{city-regional} |
Diallin code | 0116 |
Grid Ref. | SK584044 |
ONS code | 00FN (ONS) E06000016 (GSS) |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-LCE |
NUTS 3 | UKF21 |
Distance tae London | 102.8 mi (165.4 km) |
Ethnicity (2011 Census) [3] |
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Website | www |
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In the 2011 census the population o the City of Leicester unitar authority wis c.330,000 makkin it the maist populous municipality in the East Midlands region. The associatit urban aurie is the 11t lairgest bi population in Ingland an aw an the 13t lairgest in the Unitit Kinrick.[5]
Leicester is at the intersection o the north/sooth Midland Main Line an east/wast Birmingham/Leicester/Cambridge CrossCountry railwey lines an the confluence o the M1/M69 motorways an the A6/A46 trunk routes.