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Leicester
Leicester is a city, unitary authority area, unparished area and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East... Wikipedia
- Sovereign state: United Kingdom
- Country: England
- Region: East Midlands
- Ceremonial county: Leicestershire
- Founded: c. 47 AD as Ratae Corieltauvorum
- City status restored: 1919
- Unitary authority: 1997
- Administrative HQ: City Hall
- Civic suite: Leicester Town Hall
- Type: Unitary authority with mayor and cabinet
- Body: Leicester City Council
- Control: Labour
- Elected mayor: Peter Soulsby (L)
- Lord Mayor: Susan Barton
- Chief Executive: Alison Greenhill
- Area rank: 251st
- Population (mid-2014 est.): 337,653
- Demonym(s): Leicestrian
- Time zone: GMT (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST): BST (UTC+1)
- Postcode area: LE
- Dialling code: 0116
- ISO 3166 code: GB-LCE
- GVA: 2021 estimate
- Total: £9.2 billion
- Per capita: £25,124
- GDP (nominal): 2021 estimate
- Total: £10.2 billion
- Per capita: £27,848
- Website: leicester.gov.uk
- Data Source: DuckDuckGo