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.
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.
Lancashire
Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region North West England
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin.
..... Click the link for more information.
region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England in the United Kingdom.
History
..... Click the link for more information. North West England is one of the nine official regions of England. It has a population of 6,853,200
[1]..... Click the link for more information. Lancashire
Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region North West England
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin.
..... Click the link for more information.
Area is the measure of how much exposed area any two dimensional object has. It is expressed in square units, and is calculated by adding together the areas of all the faces of the object.
Area formulas
Note: For 2D figures, the surface area and the area are the same.
..... Click the link for more information. This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available on CD by the Office for National Statistics.
..... Click the link for more information.
Orders of magnitude for area Conversion of units for area
1 E-30 m = 1 fm 1 E-24
..... Click the link for more information.
Square kilometre (U.S. spelling:
square kilometer), symbol
km², is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to:
- 1,000,000 m²
- 100 ha (hectare)
Conversely:
..... Click the link for more information. Lancaster
Lancaster, Lancashire ()
..... Click the link for more information. The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.
Authorities, wards, and census areas
..... Click the link for more information. population is the collection of people or organisms of a particular species living in a given geographic area or mortality, and migration, though the field encompasses many dimensions of population change including the family (marriage and divorce), public health, work and the
..... Click the link for more information.
In physics, density is mass m per unit volume V—how heavy something is compared to its size. A small, heavy object, such as a rock or a lump of lead, is denser than a lighter object of the same size or a larger object of the same weight, such as pieces of
..... Click the link for more information.
Rank District Population Type Ceremonial county
1 Birmingham 1,006,500 Metropolitan borough, City (1889) West Midlands
2 Leeds 750,200 Metropolitan borough, City (1893) West Yorkshire
..... Click the link for more information.
Affiliation Members
Labour Party
Conservative Party
Liberal Democrats
Democratic Unionist Party
Scottish National Party
Sinn Féin
Plaid Cymru
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Health Concern
RESPECT The Unity Coalition
..... Click the link for more information.
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.
..... Click the link for more information.
Maria Geraldine Smith, known as Geraldine Smith, (born 29 August 1961, Belfast) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She has been Labour Member of Parliament for Morecambe and Lunesdale since 1997.
..... Click the link for more information.
Non-metropolitan districts or commonly Shire districts are a type of local government district in England. They are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (Shire counties).
Some unitary authorities are technically non-metropolitan districts.
..... Click the link for more information.
City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the British monarch to a select group of communities. The status does not apply automatically on the basis of any particular criteria, although in England and Wales it was traditionally given to towns with diocesan cathedrals.
..... Click the link for more information.
Lancashire
Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region North West England
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin.
..... Click the link for more information.
Motto
Dieu et mon droit (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
..... Click the link for more information.
Lancaster
Lancaster, Lancashire ()
..... Click the link for more information. Morecambe
Population 45,000
OS grid reference SD4263
District Lancaster
Shire county Lancashire
Region
Constituent country England
..... Click the link for more information.
Heysham (pronounced "hee-sham") is a large coastal village near Lancaster in the county of Lancashire, England. It overlooks Morecambe Bay and has two AGR nuclear power stations (see Heysham Stage 2 Nuclear Power Station) which are visible landmarks from hills in the surrounding
..... Click the link for more information.
Carnforth
Population 5000
OS grid reference SD499704
District Lancaster
Shire county Lancashire
Region
Constituent country England
..... Click the link for more information.
April 1 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining. April 1 is most notable in the Western world for being April Fools' Day.
..... Click the link for more information.
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s
1971 1972 1973 - 1974 - 1975 1976 1977
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV
..... Click the link for more information.
Acts of Parliament of predecessor
states to the United Kingdom
Acts of English Parliament to 1601
Acts of English Parliament to 1641
Acts and Ordinances (Interregnum) to 1660
Acts of English Parliament to 1699
Acts of English Parliament to 1706
..... Click the link for more information.
Lancaster
Lancaster, Lancashire ()
..... Click the link for more information. Morecambe and Heysham was a municipal borough in Lancashire, England, from 1928 to 1974. [1] It was formed by the merging of Morecambe urban district and Heysham urban district. The area now forms part of the City of Lancaster district.
..... Click the link for more information.
worldwide view of the subject.
Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page.
In the British Isles an
urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area.
..... Click the link for more information.