England is the largest and most
populous country of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for
more than 83% of the total UK population while its mainland
territory occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of
Great Britain. England shares land borders with Scotland to the
north and Wales to the west and elsewhere is bordered by the North
Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, Bristol Channel and English Channel. The
capital is London, the largest urban area in Great Britain, and the
largest urban zone in the European Union by most, but not all,
measures.
England became a unified state in the year 927 and takes its name
from the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes who settled there during
the 5th and 6th centuries. It has had a significant cultural and
legal impact on the wider world[6] being the place of origin of the
English language, the Church of England and English law, which forms
the basis of the legal systems of many countries around the world.
In addition, England was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution
being the first country in the world to become industrialised. It is
home to the Royal Society, which laid the foundations of modern
experimental science. England was the world's oldest parliamentary
democracy and consequently many constitutional, governmental and
legal innovations that had their origin in England have been widely
adopted by other nations.
The Kingdom of England (including the Principality of Wales)
continued as a separate state until 1 May 1707, when the Acts of
Union, putting into effect the terms agreed in the Treaty of Union
the previous year, resulted in political union with the Kingdom of
Scotland to create the united Kingdom of Great Britain
London is by far the largest urban area in England and one of the
largest and busiest cities in the world. Other cities, mainly in
central and northern England, are of substantial size and influence.
The list of England's largest cities or urban areas is open to
debate because, although the normal meaning of city is "a
continuously built-up urban area", this can be hard to define,
particularly because administrative areas in England often do not
correspond with the limits of urban development, and many towns and
cities have, over the centuries, grown to form complex urban
agglomerations. Various definitions of cities can be used. For the
official definition of a UK (and therefore English) city,
According to the ONS urban area populations for continuous built-up
areas, these are the 15 largest conurbations (population figures
from the 2001 census):
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whom live in the major areas of population and are waiting for a
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1 Greater London Urban Area 8,278,251 - Croydon, Barnet, Ealing,
Bromley
2 West Midlands Urban Area 2,284,093 - Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
Dudley, Walsall
3 Greater Manchester Urban Area 2,240,230 - Manchester, Salford,
Bolton, Stockport, Oldham
4 West Yorkshire Urban Area 1,499,465 - Leeds, Bradford,
Huddersfield, Wakefield
5 Tyneside 879,996 - Newcastle upon Tyne, North Shields, South
Shields, Gateshead, Jarrow
6 Liverpool Urban Area 816,216 - Liverpool, St Helens, Bootle,
Huyton-with-Roby
7 Nottingham Urban Area 666,358 - Nottingham, Beeston and
Stapleford, Carlton, Long Eaton
8 Sheffield Urban Area 640,720 - Sheffield, Rotherham, Chapeltown,
Mosborough/Highlane
9 Bristol Urban Area 551,066 - Bristol, Kingswood, Mangotsfield,
Stoke Gifford
10 Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton 461,181 - Brighton, Worthing,
Hove, Littlehampton, Shoreham, Lancing
11 Portsmouth Urban Area 442,252 - Portsmouth, Gosport,
Waterlooville, Fareham
12 Leicester Urban Area 441,213 - Leicester, Wigston, Oadby,
Birstall
13 Bournemouth Urban Area 383,713 - Bournemouth, Poole,
Christchurch, New Milton
14 Reading/Wokingham Urban Area 369,804 - Reading, Bracknell,
Wokingham, Crowthorne
15 Teesside 365,323 - Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar,
Billingham
(2001 Census) |
