Lunnon Burgh o Southwark

Lunnon Burgh o Southwark
Lunon burgh
Motto(s):  United to Serve
Southwark shown athin Greater Lunnon
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	Lunnon
Ceremonial coonty	Greater Lunnon
Status	Lunon burgh
Admin HQ	Tooley Street, Southwark
Incorporatit	1 Aprile 1965
Govrenment
• Teep	Lunnon borough cooncil
• Bodi	Southwark London Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Labour)
• Mayor	— (nan-poleetical)
• MPs	Harriet Harman Simon Hughes Tessa Jowell
• Lunnon Assembly	Valerie Shawcross AM for Lambeth an Soothwark
• EU Parliament	Lunnon
Area
• Total	28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi)
Area rank	312t (o 326)
Population  (mid-2016 est.)
• Rank	35t (o 326)
• Ethnicity	39.7% White Breetish 2.2% White Erse 12.3% Ither White 2% White & Black Caribbean 1.3% White & Black African 1% White & Asie 1.9% Ither Mixed 2% Indie 0.6% Pakistani 1.4% Bangladeshi 2.7% Ither Asie 6.2% Black Caribbean 16.4% Black African 4.2% Ither Black 2.8% Cheenese 2.4% Ither
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcodes	{{{postcode_areas}}}
Polis force	Metropolitan Polis
Website	www.southwark.gov.uk

The Lunnon Burgh o Southwark ⁱ/ˈsʌðərk/ is a Lunnon burgh in sooth east Lunnon, Ingland. It is directly sooth o the River Thames an the Ceety o Lunnon, an forms pairt o Inner Lunnon.

History

Further information: Southwark

Southwark got its name in the 9t century but wis first settled in the Roman period. The Lunnon Burgh o Southwark wis formit in 1965 frae the umwhile area o the Metropolitan Burgh o Southwark, the Metropolitan Burgh o Camberwell, an the Metropolitan Burgh o Bermondsey.

Geografie

The burgh mairches the Ceety o Lunnon an the Lunnon Burgh o Touer Hamlets tae the north (the River Thames formin the bundary), the Lunnon Burgh o Lambeth tae the wast an the Lunnon Burgh o Lewisham tae the east. Tae the sooth are the Lunnon Burgh o Bromley an the Lunnon Burgh o Croydon.