Leicester
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Leicester is a place in the United Kingdom. English is its official language. Its head of government is Peter Soulsby.[1]
Its population was 369k in 2021.[2] It has an area of 73.3. Its elevation is 67.
It is in the UTC±00:00 time zone.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: City of Leicester[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Soar[5]
- Head of government: Peter Soulsby[6]
- Instance of: county town[7], big city[8]
- Official language: English[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Chongqing[10], Haskovo[11], Krefeld[12], Strasbourg[13], Rajkot[14]
- Postal code: LE1-LE67[15]
- Commons category: Leicester[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[17]
- Local dialing code: 0116[18]
- Official website: https://leicester.gov.uk[19]
- IPA transcription: /ˈlɛstər/[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Leicester[21]
- Commons gallery: Leicester[22]
- Population: 329,839[23], 337,653[24], 368,600[25]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[31]
- Capital of: Leicestershire[32]
- Official name: Leicester[33]
- Motto text: Semper Eadem[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Leicester[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Leicester[36]
- Native label: Leicester[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Leicester[38]
- Different from: City of Leicester[39]
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Physical Characteristics
Areas include 73.32 km²[40] and 92.0 km²[41]. Leicester sits at an elevation of 67 m[42].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Leicester include Leicester City F.C.[43], an association football club[44], in United Kingdom[45], founded in 1884[46]; Leicestershire[47], a ceremonial county of England[48], in United Kingdom[49]; Red Leicester[50]; and Leicester railway station[51], a railway station[52], in United Kingdom[53].
Why It Matters
Leicester has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Leicester is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for Leicester include Leicester City F.C.[43], an association football club[44], in United Kingdom[45], founded in 1884[46]; Leicestershire[47], a ceremonial county of England[48], in United Kingdom[49]; Red Leicester[50]; and Leicester railway station[51], a railway station[52], in United Kingdom[53].