Exeter

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Exeter

Ceety o Exeter
Clockwise: The Cathedral, The Clock Touer, Devon Coonty Haw, Cathedral Close, The Airn Brig.
Clockwise: The Cathedral, The Clock Touer, Devon Coonty Haw, Cathedral Close, The Airn Brig.
Motto(s): 
Semper fidelis (Always Faithfu)
The Destrict o Exeter includin Topsham shawn within Devon
The Destrict o Exeter includin Topsham shawn within Devon
Coordinates: 50°43′N 3°32′W / 50.717°N 3.533°W / 50.717; -3.533Coordinates: 50°43′N 3°32′W / 50.717°N 3.533°W / 50.717; -3.533
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Constituent kintraIngland
RegionSooth Wast Ingland
Ceremonial an shire coontyDevon
Ceety statusTime immemorial
Non-metropolitan destrict1974
Govrenment
 • TeepExeter Ceety Cooncil
 • Laird MayorOlwen Foggin
 • Members o PairlamentBen Bradshaw (Labour Party)
Hugo Swire (Conservative Pairty)
 • HQCeevic Centre, Paris Street
 • UK PairlamentExeter
East Devon
 • European PairlamentSooth Wast Ingland
Area
 • Total47.04 km2 (18.16 sq mi)
Area rank274t (o 326)
Population
 (2011 est.)[2]
 • Total130,709
 • Rank176t (o 326)
 • Density2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
 • Demonyms
Exonian
 • Ethnicity (2011)[3]
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode destrict
Area code(s)01392
Websitewww.exploreexeter.co.uk

Exeter (Listeni/ˈɛkstər/) is a historic ceety in Devon, Ingland wi a population o 130,709 (mid-2016 est.).

Twin touns[eedit | eedit soorce]

Exeter is twinned wi Rennes in Fraunce,[4] Bad Homburg in Germany, Yaroslavl in Roushie, an Terracina in Italy.[5]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Standard Area Measurements (2016) for Administrative Areas in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. 1 Februar 2017. Retrieved 9 Februar 2017.
  2. "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2016". Office for National Statistics. 22 Juin 2017. Retrieved 27 Juin 2017.
  3. "Ethnic Group, 2011". Office for National Statistics. 30 Januar 2013. Archived frae the original on 5 Januar 2019. Retrieved 18 Julie 2013.
  4. "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived frae the original on 5 Julie 2013. Retrieved 20 Julie 2013.
  5. "Town twinning". Exeter City Council. Archived frae the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.