Nottingham | |
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City and unitary authority area | |
City of Nottingham | |
From top left: Robin Hood, Council House, NET Tram, Castle Rock Brewery, Trent Bridge, the Castle Gate House, Wollaton Hall, Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and Nottingham Forest's City Ground
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Nickname(s): "the Queen of the Midlands" | |
Motto: Vivit Post Funera Virtus (Virtue Outlives Death) | |
Nottingham shown within Nottinghamshire and England |
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Coordinates: 52°57′N 1°8′W / 52.950°N 1.133°WCoordinates: 52°57′N 1°8′W / 52.950°N 1.133°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | East Midlands |
Ceremonial county | Nottinghamshire |
Settled | 600 |
City Status | 1897 |
Administrative HQ | Nottingham Council House |
Government | |
• Type | Unitary authority |
• Governing body | Nottingham City Council |
• Council Leader | Cllr Jon Collins (Lab) |
• Executive | Labour |
• MPs | |
• Lord Mayor | Cllr Mohammed Saghir |
Area | |
• City | 74.61 km2 (28.81 sq mi) |
Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) |
Population (2015) | |
• City | 321,500 |
• Density | 4,359/km2 (11,290/sq mi) |
• Urban | 915,977 (LUZ:975,800) |
• Metro | 1,610,000 (Nottingham-Derby) |
• Ethnicity (2011 Census) |
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Demonym(s) | Nottinghamian |
Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
• Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) |
Postal Code | NG |
Area code(s) | 0115 |
Grid Ref. | SK570400 |
ONS code |
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ISO 3166-2 | GB-NGM |
NUTS 3 | UKF14 |
Website | nottinghamcity.gov.uk |
Nottingham (/ˈnɒtɪŋəm/ NOT-ing-əm) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, 128 miles (206 km) north of London, in the East Midlands.
Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle (notably Raleigh bikes) and tobacco industries. It was granted its city charter in 1897 as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2011, visitors spent over £1.5 billion – the thirteenth highest amount in England's 111 statistical territories.
In 2015, Nottingham had an estimated population of 321,550 with the wider urban area, which includes many of the city's suburbs, having a population of 915,977. Its urban area is the largest in the east Midlands and the second largest in the Midlands. The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan area is estimated to be 1,610,000. Its metropolitan economy is the seventh largest in the United Kingdom with a GDP of $50.9bn (2014). The city is also ranked as a sufficiency-level world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.