City of Wakefield
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Wakefield,[2] also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settlement, is the administrative centre of the district. The population of the City of Wakefield at the 2011 Census was 325,837.[3]
City of Wakefield | |
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Wakefield | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Ceremonial county | West Yorkshire |
Founded | 1974 |
Admin. HQ | Wakefield |
Government | |
• Type | Metropolitan borough, City |
• Governing body | Wakefield Council |
• Leadership | Leader & Cabinet |
• Executive | Labour |
• MPs: | Yvette Cooper (L) Andrea Jenkyns (C) Simon Lightwood (L) Jon Trickett (L) |
Area | |
• Total | 131 sq mi (339 km2) |
• Rank | 108th |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 357,729 |
• Rank | Ranked 26th |
• Density | 2,700/sq mi (1,100/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
• Ethnic groups | |
Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-WKF |
ONS code | 00DB (ONS) E08000036 (GSS) |
NUTS | 3 |
Website | wakefield.gov.uk |
The district includes the Five Towns of Castleford, Featherstone, Knottingley, Normanton and Pontefract.[4] Other towns include Hemsworth, Horbury, Ossett, South Elmsall and South Kirkby (also forms the civil parish of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe). The city and district are governed by Wakefield Council from the County Hall.[5] In 2010, Wakefield was named as the UK's third most musical city by PRS for Music.[6]