Spaniards in the United Kingdom
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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Spanish-born population 84,795 (2011 Census) 125,000 (2015 ONS estimate) Citizens registered with Spanish consulate 102,498 (2016) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| West London (Kensington, Chelsea, Lambeth, Holborn), Bristol, Nottingham, Cambridge | |
| Languages | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Spaniards in the United Kingdom are citizens of Spanish descent. They may be British citizens or non-citizen immigrants.
Spaniards have migrated to Britain since the Middle Ages. Spanish and English nobility and royalty intermarried on numerous occasions, a notable example is found in King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, parents of King Edward II. In 1501, Catherine of Aragon came to London aged 15. After the early death of her first husband, she became Henry VIII’s first wife. Their daughter, Mary Tudor attempted to re-introduce Catholicism as the state religion during her own reign and married Philip II of Spain. Both women at that time brought the influence of Spanish culture to the royal court.
The 2001 UK Census recorded 54,482 Spanish-born people. 54,105 of these were resident in Great Britain (that is, the UK excluding Northern Ireland). The equivalent figure in the 1991 Census was 38,606. The census tracts with the highest numbers of Spanish-born residents in 2001 were Kensington, Regent's Park and Chelsea, all in west London. The 2011 UK Census recorded 77,554 Spanish-born residents in England, 1,630 in Wales, 4,908 in Scotland and 703 in Northern Ireland. According to Instituto Nacional de Estadística statistics, the number of Spanish citizens registered with the Spanish consulate in the UK was 102,498 as of 1 January 2016. The Office for National Statistics estimates that the Spanish-born population of the UK was 125,000 in 2015.
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