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City of Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton
City and Metropolitan borough
St Peter's Church, Wolverhampton.jpg
Wolverhampton i10.JPG Chubb Building.jpg
Wolverhampton Art Gallery 2.jpg
Clockwise from top: St Peter's Collegiate Church, The Chubb Building, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the i10 building as part of the Interchange Project.
Official logo of Wolverhampton
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): W'ton, Wolves, Wolvo, Wolftown
Motto: "Out of darkness cometh light"
Wolverhampton shown within the West Midlands county
Wolverhampton shown within the West Midlands county
Coordinates: 52°35′N 2°08′W / 52.583°N 2.133°W / 52.583; -2.133Coordinates: 52°35′N 2°08′W / 52.583°N 2.133°W / 52.583; -2.133
Sovereign state  United Kingdom
Constituent country  England
Region  West Midlands
Ceremonial county  West Midlands
Historic County  Staffordshire
Founded 985
City 2000
Metropolitan borough 1 April 1974
Founded by Lady Wulfruna
Admin HQ Wolverhampton Civic Centre
Government
 • Type Metropolitan borough
 • Governing body City of Wolverhampton Council
 • Mayor Barry Findlay
Area
 • Total 69.44 km2 (26.81 sq mi)
Elevation 163 m (535 ft)
Population (mid 2014 estimate)
 • Total 254,400 (59th)
 • Density 3,407/km2 (8,820/sq mi)
 • Ethnicity
(2011 census)
68% White (64.5% White British)
17.5% South Asian
6.9% Black
2.5% Chinese or other
5.1% Mixed Race
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode WV
Area code(s) 01902
ISO 3166-2 GB-WLV
ONS code 00CW (ONS)
E08000031 (GSS)
OS grid reference SO915985
NUTS 3 UKG39
Website www.wolverhampton.gov.uk

Wolverhampton (Listeni/ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən/) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 249,470. The demonym for people from the city is "Wulfrunian".

Historically part of Staffordshire, the city is named after Wulfrun, who founded the town in 985, from the Anglo-Saxon Wulfrūnehēantūn ("Wulfrūn's high or principal enclosure or farm"). Prior to the Norman Conquest, the area's name appears only as variants of Heantune or Hamtun, the prefix Wulfrun or similar appearing in 1070 and thereafter. Alternatively, the city may have earned its original name from Wulfereēantūn ("Wulfhere's high or principal enclosure or farm") after the Mercian King, who tradition tells us established an abbey in 659, though no evidence of an abbey has been found. The variation Wolveren Hampton is seen in medieval records, e.g. in 1381.


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