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Encyclopedia > City of Lancaster
City of Lancaster
Lancaster
Shown within Lancashire
Geography
Status: City (1937)
Region: North West England
Admin. County: Lancashire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 85th
575.86 km²
Admin. HQ: Lancaster
ONS code: 30UH
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2006 est.)
- Density
Ranked 119th
143,000
248 / km²
Ethnicity: 95.5% All White
2.5% All Asian
0.9% All Mixed
0.5% All Black
0.5% All Other
Politics

Lancaster City Council
http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Labour / Conservative / Green / Independent / Liberal Democrat
MPs: Ben Wallace, Geraldine Smith

The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. File links The following pages link to this file: City of Lancaster Categories: GFDL images ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... North West England is one of the nine regions of England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Area is the measure of how much exposed area any two dimensional object has. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Lancaster is a city within Lancashire, in North West England. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... For other uses, see Density (disambiguation). ... The figures are mid-year estimates for 2005, unless otherwise stated, from the Office for National Statistics [1]. See also: List of towns and cities in England by population - List of English counties by population - List of ceremonial counties of England by population - List of English districts by area - List... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) is the principal Green political party in England and Wales. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Robert Ben Lobban Wallace known as Ben Wallace (born 15th May, 1970, Farnborough) is the Conservative member of Parliament for the Lancashire constituency of Lancaster and Wyre, elected at the 2005 General Election Wallace was born in Farnborough and attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, and served in the... Maria Geraldine Smith (born 29 August 1961, Belfast) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. ... Historically, city status in England and Wales was associated with the presence of a cathedral, such as York Minster. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Lancaster is a city within Lancashire, in North West England. ... , Morecambe is a resort town within the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. ... Stone graves overlooking Morecambe Bay, with the mountains of the Lake District in the distance Heysham (pronounced hee-sham) is a small, coastal village near Lancaster in the county of Lancashire in England. ... Carnforth is a small town near Lancaster in the north of Lancashire, England, situated at the north-east end of Morecambe Bay, by the River Keer. ...


The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the boroughs of Lancaster and Morecambe and Heysham, along with Carnforth urban district, Lancaster Rural District and Lunesdale Rural District. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... Lancaster is a city within Lancashire, in North West England. ... Morecambe and Heysham was a municipal borough in Lancashire, England, from 1928 to 1974. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ...


Demographics

Ethnicity

Ethnic Group City of Lancaster North West England
White British 95.5% 92.9% 89.1%
White Irish 0.8% 1.1% 1.2%
Other White 2.7% 1.5% 3.2%
Mixed White and Black 0.4% 0.6% 0.7%
Mixed White and Asian 0.3% 0.3% 0.5%
Other Mixed 0.2% 0.3% 0.4%
Indian 0.9% 1.3% 2.4%
Pakistani 0.4% 2.0% 1.6%
Bangladeshi 0.2% 0.5% 0.6%
Other Asian 0.2% 0.3% 0.6%
Black Caribbean 0.2% 0.4% 1.2%
Black African 0.3% 0.5% 1.3%
Black Other 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
Chinese 0.9% 0.6% 0.7%
Other Ethnic Group 0.5% 0.3% 0.6%

  Results from FactBites:
 
City of Lancaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (332 words)
The City of Lancaster is a local government district and city in Lancashire in North West England.
Lancaster is the capital of Lancashire and gave its name to the County of Lancashire.
The Duke of Lancaster is one of the titles of the Queen, her son, Prince Andrew is the Duke of York.
Lancaster, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (541 words)
Lancaster is a city located in the Antelope Valley in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Lancaster is the ninth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the third-fastest growing.
In the city the population is spread out with 32.3% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who are 65 years of age or older.
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