City of Lancaster

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Geography
City of Lancaster
Shown within Lancashire
Status:	City (1937)
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Lancashire
Area: Total:	Ranked 85th 575.86 km²
Admin. HQ:	Lancaster
ONS code:	30UH
Demographics
Population: Total (2007 est.): Density:	Ranked 122nd 143,500 249 / km²
Ethnicity:	95.5% All White 2.5% All Asian 0.9% All Mixed 0.5% All Black 0.5% All Other
Politics
Lancaster City Council http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/

Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour / Conservative / Green / Independent / Liberal Democrat
MPs:	Ben Wallace, Geraldine Smith

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.

Ethnic Group	City of Lancaster	North West	England
White British	95.5%	92.9%	89.1%
White Irish	0.8%	1.1%	1.2%
Other White	2.7%	1.5%	3.2%
Mixed White and Black	0.4%	0.6%	0.7%
Mixed White and Asian	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%
Other Mixed	0.2%	0.3%	0.4%
Indian	0.9%	1.3%	2.4%
Pakistani	0.4%	2.0%	1.6%
Bangladeshi	0.2%	0.5%	0.6%
Other Asian	0.2%	0.3%	0.6%
Black Caribbean	0.2%	0.4%	1.2%
Black African	0.3%	0.5%	1.3%
Black Other	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
Chinese	0.9%	0.6%	0.7%
Other Ethnic Group	0.5%	0.3%	0.6%

v • d • e Ceremonial county of Lancashire

North West England Portal

Unitary authorities	Blackpool • Blackburn with Darwen

Boroughs or districts	City of Lancaster • City of Preston • Borough of Burnley • Borough of Chorley • Borough of Fylde • Borough of Hyndburn • Borough of Pendle • Borough of Ribble Valley • Borough of Rossendale • Borough of South Ribble • Borough of Wyre • District of West Lancashire

Cities and towns	Accrington • Adlington • Bacup • Barnoldswick • Blackburn • Blackpool • Brierfield • Burnley • Carnforth • Central Lancashire • Chorley • Clayton-le-Moors • Cleveleys • Clitheroe • Colne • Darwen • Earby • Fleetwood • Garstang • Great Harwood • Haslingden • Kirkham • Lancaster • Leyland • Longridge • Lytham St Annes • Morecambe • Nelson • Ormskirk • Oswaldtwistle • Padiham • Penwortham • Poulton-le-Fylde • Preston • Ramsbottom • Rawtenstall • Rishton • Skelmersdale • Thornton • Whitworth See also: List of civil parishes in Lancashire

Topics	Places • Parliamentary constituencies •Schools

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v • d • e Places with city status in the United Kingdom

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Scotland	Aberdeen · Dundee · Edinburgh · Glasgow · Inverness · Stirling

Wales	Bangor · Cardiff · Newport · St David's · Swansea

Northern Ireland	Armagh · Belfast · Derry · Lisburn · Newry

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