Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
	Ceety
	City of Wolverhampton
	Coat o Airms o the Ceety Cooncil
	Eik-name(s): W'ton, Wolves, Wolvo, Wolftoun
	Motto(s): Oot o darkness cometh licht
	Wolverhampton shown athin Ingland
	Coordinates: 52°35′N 2°08′W / 52.583°N 2.133°W
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	Wast Midlands
Ceremonial coonty	Wast Midlands
Admeen HQ	Wolverhampton Civic Centre
Foondit	985
Foondit bi	Wulfrun
Named for	Wulfrun
Govrenment
• Teep	Metropolitan borough
• Govrenin body	Wolverhampton Ceety Cooncil
Area
• Total	69.44 km2 (26.81 sq mi)
Population (2006 est.)
• Total	([[List of English districts by population\|Ranked 59t]])
• Density	3407/km2 (8,820/sq mi)
• Ethnicity; (United Kingdom Estimate 2005)	76.5% White; 14.7% S.Asie; 4.8% Black; 1.1% Cheenese or other; 2.9% Mixed Race
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (Breetish Simmer Time)
Postcode	WV
Area code(s)	01902
ISO 3166-2	GB-WLV
ONS code	00CW
OS grid reference	SO915985
NUTS 3	UKG35
Website	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 King.^[5] Nivertheless, the name Wulfrun is commonly uised in the ceety – for example, for the Wulfrun Centre or for Wulfrun Hall Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine.

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References

↑ "Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages)". Office for Neighbourhood Statistics. Archived frae the original on 8 Januar 2009. Retrieved 17 Juin 2008.
↑ "Population figures". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived frae the original on 14 Mey 2007. Retrieved 8 Julie 2007.
↑ "KS01 Usual resident population: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas". Office for National Statistics. Archived frae the original on 21 Apryle 2007. Retrieved 8 Julie 2007.
↑ Keith Farley (1985). "Wolverhampton 985 – 1985". Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society. Retrieved 8 Julie 2007.
↑ Rudi Herbert. "An Architectural Walk". Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society. Archived frae the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 8 Julie 2007.

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[1] "Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages)". Office for Neighbourhood Statistics. Archived frae the original on 8 Januar 2009. Retrieved 17 Juin 2008.

[2] "Population figures". Wolverhampton City Council. Archived frae the original on 14 Mey 2007. Retrieved 8 Julie 2007.

[3] "KS01 Usual resident population: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas". Office for National Statistics. Archived frae the original on 21 Apryle 2007. Retrieved 8 Julie 2007.

[farley-4] Keith Farley (1985). "Wolverhampton 985 – 1985". Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society. Retrieved 8 Julie 2007.

[5] Rudi Herbert. "An Architectural Walk". Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society. Archived frae the original on 2 December 2007. Retrieved 8 Julie 2007.

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