Wolverhampton
| Wolverhampton | |||
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| City of Wolverhampton | |||
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| Eik-name(s): W'ton, Wolves, Wolvo, Wolftoun | |||
| Motto: Oot o darkness cometh licht | |||
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| Coordinates: 52°35′N 2°08′W / 52.583°N 2.133°W | |||
| Sovereign state |  Unitit Kinrick |
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| Constituent kintra |  Ingland |
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| Region | Wast Midlands | ||
| Ceremonial coonty | Wast Midlands | ||
| Admeen HQ | Wolverhampton Civic Centre | ||
| Foondit | 985 | ||
| Foonder | Wulfrun | ||
| Named for | Wulfrun | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Govrenin body | Wolverhampton Ceety Cooncil | ||
| Aurie | |||
| - Tot | 69.44 km2 (26.8 sq mi) | ||
| Indwallers (2006 est.) | |||
| - Tot | 239,400 (Ranked 57t) | ||
| - Densitie | 3,407/km2 (8,824.1/sq mi) | ||
| - Ethnicity (United Kingdom Estimate 2005)[1] |
76.5% White 14.7% S.Asie 4.8% Black 1.1% Cheenese or other 2.9% Mixed Race |
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| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | Breetish Simmer Time (UTC+1) | ||
| Postcode | WV | ||
| Aurie code(s) | 01902 | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-WLV | ||
| ONS code | 00CW | ||
| OS grid reference | SO915985 | ||
| NUTS 3 | UKG35 | ||
| Wabsteid | www.wolverhampton.gov.uk | ||
Wolverhampton 
i/ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən/ is a ceety an metropolitan borough in the Wast Midlands, Ingland. For Eurostat purposes Walsall an Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG35) an is ane o five boroughs or unitary destricts that comprise the "Wast Midlands" NUTS 2 region. In 2004, the local govrenment destrict haed an estimatit population o 239,100;[2] the wider Urban Aurie haed a population o 251,462,[3] which maks it the 13t maist populous ceety in Ingland.
Historically a pairt o Staffordshire, an formin pairt o the metropolitan coonty o the Wast Midlands frae 1974, the ceety is commonly recognised as being named efter Lady Wulfrun, who foondit the toun in 985: its name comin frae Anglo-Saxon Wulfrūnehēantūn = "Wulfrūn's heich or principal enclosur or ferm".[4] Alternatively, the ceety mey hae earned its oreeginal name frae Wulfereēantūn = "Wulfhere's heich or principal enclosur or ferm" efter the Mercie Keeng.[5] Nivertheless, the name Wulfrun is commonly uised in the ceety – for example, for the Wulfrun Centre or for Wulfrun Hall.
Sister ceeties [edit]
Subotica, Serbie
Klagenfurt, Austrick
Venice, Italy
Jalandhar, Indie
Buffalo, New York, Unitit States
References [edit]
- ↑ Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages). Office for Neighbourhood Statistics. Retrieved on 17 Juin 2008. .
- ↑ Population figures. Wolverhampton City Council. Retrieved on 8 Julie 2007. .
- ↑ KS01 Usual resident population: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved on 8 Julie 2007. .
- ↑ Keith Farley (1985). Wolverhampton 985 – 1985. Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society. Retrieved on 8 Julie 2007. .
- ↑ Rudi Herbert. An Architectural Walk. Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society. Retrieved on 8 Julie 2007. .
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- Articles with OS grid coordinates
- Wolverhampton
- 985 establishments
- Populatit places established in the 10t century
- Ceeties in the Wast Midlands (region)
- Metropolitan burghs
- Wast Midlands (coonty)
- Staffordshire
- Local govrenment destricts o the Wast Midlands (region)
- NUTS 3 statistical regions o the Unitit Kinrick
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