Norwich | |
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| 👁 Norwich in March 2009 Norwich in March 2009 | |
👁 Coat of airms o Norwich Coat airms | |
| 👁 Shown athin Norfolk Shown athin Norfolk | |
| Coordinates: 52°37′42″N 1°17′48″E / 52.62833°N 1.29667°E / 52.62833; 1.29667Coordinates: 52°37′42″N 1°17′48″E / 52.62833°N 1.29667°E / 52.62833; 1.29667 | |
| Kintra | Unitit Kinrick |
| Constituent kintra | Ingland |
| Region | East o Ingland |
| Coonty | Norfolk |
| Govrenment | |
| •Teep | Nan-metropolitan destrict |
| •Local Authority | Norwich City Council |
| •MPs | Clive Lewis (Labour) Chloe Smith (Conservative) |
| Area | |
| •Ceety & Nan-metropolitan destrict | 39.02km2 (15.07sqmi) |
| Population (2011est.) | |
| •Ceety & Nan-metropolitan destrict | 147,835 (Ranked 144t) |
| •Urban | 213,166 |
| •Urbandensity | 3388/km2 (8,770/sqmi) |
| •Metro | 376,500 (Travel to Work Area)[1] |
| •Ethnicity (2011 census)[2] | White (90.9%) Asian (4.5%) Mixed (2.3%) Black (1.6%) Arab (0.5%) Other (0.4%) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| Postcode | NR1–NR16 |
| Area code(s) | 01603 |
| ONS code | 33UK |
Norwich (/ˈnɒrᵻdʒ/ NORR-ij or /ˈnɒrᵻtʃ/ NORR-ich) is a ceety in Ingland. It is the regional admeenistrative centre an coonty toun o Norfolk. Durin the 11t century, Norwich wis the seicont lairgest ceety in Ingland, efter Lunnon, an ane o the maist important places in the kinrick.
The built-up area o Norwich haes a population o 259,100. This aurie extends ayont the ceety bundary, wi extensive suburban auries on the wastren, northren an eastren sides, includin Costessey, Hellesdon, Old Catton, Sprowston an Thorpe St Andrew. The parliamentary seats cross ower intae adjacent local govrenment destricts. 135,800 (2008 est.) fowk live in the City of Norwich an the population o the Norwich Travel tae Wirk Aurie (i.e. the aurie o Norwich in which maist fowk baith live an wirk) is 367,035 (the 1991 figure wis 351,340). Norwich is the fowert maist densely populated local govrenment destrict athin the East o Ingland wi 3,480 fowk per square kilometre (8,993 per square mile).
Twinned ceeties
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References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ "Home". Norwich.gov.uk. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ↑ "2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in England and Wales". ONS. Retrieved 10 Mairch 2014.
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