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This airticle is aboot the ceety in the Unitit Kinrick. For ither uisses, see Peterborough (disambiguation).
| Peterborough | |
|---|---|
| Ceety an unitar authority | |
| Motto(s): Upon this rock | |
 Peterborough Unitary Authority Area shown athin Cambridgeshire | |
| Coordinates: 52°35′N 0°15′W / 52.583°N 0.250°W | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kingdom |
| Constituent kintra | Ingland |
| Region | East o Ingland[1] |
| Ceremonial county | Cambridgeshire |
| Historic Coonty | Northamptonshire[2] |
| Admeen HQ | Peterborough |
| Ceety status | 1541[3] |
| Incorporatit | 1874 |
| Unitar | 1998 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Nan-metropolitan destrict |
| • Govrening bouk | Peterborough City Council |
| • Leadership | Leader an Cabinet |
| • Executive | Conservative |
| • MPs |
Stewart Jackson (Con) Shailesh Vara (Con) |
| Aurie | |
| • Total | 343.38 km2 (132.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 est.) | |
| • Tot | 197,100 |
| • Density | 537/km2 (1,390/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicity |
82.5% White 11.7% Asie 2.3% Black 0.8% Ither 2.8% Mixed |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC±0) |
| • Simmer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) |
| Postcode aurie | PE |
| Aurie code(s) | 01733 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-PTE |
| ONS code |
00JA (ONS) E06000031 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | TL185998 |
| NUTS 3 | UKH11 |
| Wabsteid | www.peterborough.gov.uk |
Peterborough (
i/ˈpiːtərˌbᵊrəˌ -ˌbʌ-/) is a cathedral ceety in Cambridgeshire, Ingland, wi a population o 183,631 in 2011.[5] Historically pairt o Northamptonshire, it is 75 miles (121 km) north o Lunnon, on the River Nene which flaes intae the North Sea 30 miles (48 km) tae the north-east. The railwey station is a important stop on the East Coast Main Line atween Lunnon an Edinburgh.
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- ↑ The nine Govrenment Office regions shapit in 1994, wur adopted in place of the eight staundart stateestical regions durin 1999. East Anglia is nou defined as Level 2 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. See Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics and the statistical regions of Europe The European Commission, Statistical Office of the European Communities (Retrieved 6 January 2008). Archived 16 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Archived 18 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Pairts o the current unitar authority aurie lee athin the historic boondars o Huntingdonshire an Cambridgeshire
- ↑ Beckett, John V. (2005). City Status in the British Isles, 1830–2002. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 0-7546-5067-7.
- ↑ Grant of arms by letters patent sealed by Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy & Ulster Kings of Arms dated 6 September 1960.
- ↑ "City population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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