City of Leeds
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- This article discusses the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds. For information on the city itself, see Leeds.
| City of Leeds | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough, City (1893) |
| Historic County: | Yorkshire (West Riding) |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Ceremonial County: | West Yorkshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 90th 551.72 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Leeds |
| ONS code: | 00DA |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total () - Density | Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 91.8% White 4.5% S.Asian 1.4% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
Leeds City Council http://www.leeds.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | John Battle, Hilary Benn, Colin Burgon, Colin Challen, Fabian Hamilton, George Mudie, Greg Mulholland, Paul Truswell |
History
The metropolitan borough was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the area of the former County Borough of Leeds, Aireborough Urban District, Horsforth Urban District, the Municipal Borough Morley, Otley Urban District, the Municipal Borough of Pudsey, Rothwell Urban District and parts of Tadcaster Rural District and Wetherby Rural District.
Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Leeds at current basic prices [published] (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.| Year | ||||
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| 1995 | 8,713 | 43 | 2,652 | 6,018 |
| 2000 | 11,681 | 32 | 2,771 | 8,878 |
| 2003 | 13,637 | 36 | 3,018 | 10,583 |
Note 1: includes hunting and forestry
Note 2: includes energy and construction
Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured
Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
Places within the district
Other areas within the Leeds Metropolitan boundary include:
- Aberford
- Adel
- Allerton Bywater
- Alwoodley
- Ardsley
- Armley
- Austhorpe
- Barwick-in-Elmet (sometimes Barwick)
- Beeston
- Blenheim
- Boston Spa
- Bramham
- Bramhope
- Bramley
- Burley
- Burmantofts
- Chapel Allerton
- Chapeltown
- Colton
- Cookridge
- Cottingley
- Cross Flatts
- Cross Gates (sometimes Crossgates)
- East End Park
- Garforth
- Gildersome
- Gipton
- Gledhow
- Guiseley
- Halton
- Halton Moor
- Harehills
- Hawksworth
- Headingley
- Holt Park
- Horsforth
- Hunslet
- Hyde Park
- Ireland Wood
- Killingbeck
- Kippax
- Kirkstall
- Little London
- Lovell Park
- Manston
- Meanwood
- Methley
- Middleton
- Morley
- Moortown
- Otley
- Oulton
- Pendas Fields
- Pudsey
- Rawdon
- Rothwell
- Roundhay
- Scarcroft
- Scholes (sometimes Scholes-in-Elmet)
- Scott Hall
- Seacroft
- Sheepscar
- Shadwell
- Swillington
- Weetwood
- West Park
- Wetherby
- Whitkirk
- Whinmoor
- Woodhouse
- Woodlesford
- Wortley
- Yeadon
Twin cities
The City of Leeds is twinned with:- - Louisville, USA
External links
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