Derby, Derbyshire
| Derby | |
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| City and Unitary authority area | |
| City of Derby | |
Derby Skyline and landmarks, clockwise from top left: Derby Quad, Derby Cathedral, Intu Derby.
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| Motto: "Industria, Virtus, et Fortitudo" | |
 Derby shown within Derbyshire and England |
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| Coordinates: 52°55.32′N 1°28.55′W / 52.92200°N 1.47583°W | |
| Sovereign state |
 United Kingdom
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| Constituent country |
 England
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| Region | East Midlands |
| Ceremonial county | Derbyshire |
| Admin HQ | Derby |
| Settled | AD 600 |
| City Status | 1977 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority, City |
| • Governing body | Derby City Council |
| • Leadership | Leader and Cabinet |
| • Executive | Labour |
| • MPs |
Margaret Beckett (L) Amanda Solloway (C) |
| Area | |
| • City and Unitary authority area | 78.03 km2 (30.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 Census) | |
| • City and Unitary authority area | 248,700 |
| • Density | 3,028/km2 (7,840/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 236,300 |
| • Metro | 1,543,000 (Nottingham-Derby) |
| • Ethnicity (Office for National Statistics 2011 Census) |
80.2% White 12.6% Asian 3.0% Black British 1.3% Other 2.9% Mixed Race |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
| Postcode span | DE1, DE3, DE21-24, DE73 |
| Area code(s) | 01332 |
| Twin/sister towns | Country |
 Osnabrück
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Germany (since 1976) |
 Hebron
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Palestinian Authority (since 2014) |
| Grid Ref. | SK3533936187 |
| ONS code | 00FK (ONS) E06000015 (GSS) |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-DER |
| NUTS 3 | UKF11 |
| Demonym | Derbeian |
| Website | derby |
Derby (
i/ˈdɑːrbi/ DAR-bee) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, of which it was traditionally the county town. At the 2011 census, the population was 248,700. Derby gained city status in 1977.
Derby was settled by Romans – who established the town of Derventio – Saxons and Vikings, who made Derby one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It contains the southern part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the British rail industry.
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