City of Peterborough

Peterborough

City of Peterborough
Peterborough City of Peterborough
City and unitary authority
	Peterborough
	Peterborough viewed from the top of the cathedral
	Motto: Upon this rock I will build my church
	Peterborough Unitary Authority Area shown within Cambridgeshire
	Coordinates: 52°34′21″N 00°14′35″W / 52.57250°N 0.24306°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East of England
Ceremonial county	Cambridgeshire
Historic County	Northamptonshire
Admin HQ	Peterborough
City status	1541
Incorporated	1874
Unitary	1998
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Governing body	Peterborough City Council
• MPs	Peterborough: Paul Bristow (Con); NW Cambs: Shailesh Vara (Con)
Area
• Total	132.58 sq mi (343.38 km2)
Population (2022)
• Total	217,705
• Density	1,640/sq mi (634/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 75.4% White ; 14.3% Asian ; 4.1% Black ; 3.5% Mixed ; 2.7% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 46.3% Christianity ; 32.5% no religion ; 12.2% Islam ; 9% other ;
Time zone	UTC±0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	PE
Area code	01733
Vehicle registration area code	AA, AB, AC, AD, AE, AF, AG, AJ, AK, AM, AN
ISO 3166-2	GB-PTE
ONS code	00JA (ONS); E06000031 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TL185998
NUTS 3	UKH11
Website	peterborough.gov.uk

Peterborough, or the City of Peterborough,^[6] is a local government district with city status in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Its council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The district is named after its largest settlement, Peterborough, but also covers a wider area of outlying villages and hamlets.

The district's area covers parts of the historic counties of Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, as well as a small part of Cambridgeshire. In 1965, the area became part of the short-lived county of Huntingdon and Peterborough before becoming a district of Cambridgeshire in 1974. Located in the East Anglia region of England, the area borders the surrounding counties of Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. The population of the district was 202,259 making it the second-largest district by population in East Anglia (after Norwich).^[7]

Most of district was governed as part of the Soke of Peterborough, a liberty within Northamptonshire. Peterborough itself was a Saxon settlement during the Anglo-Saxon era.^[8] The district also includes outlying villages such as Thorney, Old Fletton, Werrington, Parnwell, Dogsthorpe, Eye Green, Glinton, Northborough, Maxey, Wittering, Wansford and Ailsworth.

^ The nine Government Office regions formed in 1994, were adopted in place of the eight standard statistical regions during 1999. East Anglia is now defined as Level 2 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. See Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics and the statistical regions of Europe Archived 16 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine The European Commission, Statistical Office of the European Communities (Retrieved 6 January 2008). "Europa - Eurostat - Regions". Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
^ Parts of the current unitary authority area lie within the historic boundaries of Huntingdonshire
^ Beckett, John V. (2005). City Status in the British Isles, 1830–2002. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 0-7546-5067-7. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Peterborough Local Authority (E06000031)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ Grant of arms by letters patent sealed by Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy & Ulster Kings of Arms dated 6 September 1960.
^ "Local Authority Districts, Counties and Unitary Authorities (April 2021) Map in United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics: Open Geography Portal. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "East Anglia | region, England, United Kingdom | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ Lambert, Tim (14 March 2021). "A History of Peterborough". Local Histories. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[region-1] The nine Government Office regions formed in 1994, were adopted in place of the eight standard statistical regions during 1999. East Anglia is now defined as Level 2 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. See Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics and the statistical regions of Europe Archived 16 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine The European Commission, Statistical Office of the European Communities (Retrieved 6 January 2008). "Europa - Eurostat - Regions". Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.

[2] Parts of the current unitary authority area lie within the historic boundaries of Huntingdonshire

[beckett-3] Beckett, John V. (2005). City Status in the British Isles, 1830–2002. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 0-7546-5067-7. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

[2021_Nomis-4] UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Peterborough Local Authority (E06000031)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[grant-5] Grant of arms by letters patent sealed by Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy & Ulster Kings of Arms dated 6 September 1960.

[6] "Local Authority Districts, Counties and Unitary Authorities (April 2021) Map in United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics: Open Geography Portal. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[7] "East Anglia | region, England, United Kingdom | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[8] Lambert, Tim (14 March 2021). "A History of Peterborough". Local Histories. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[6]

[7]

[8]

City of Peterborough

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia