Wolverhampton | |
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Ceety | |
City of Wolverhampton | |
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Eik-name(s): W'ton, Wolves, Wolvo, Wolftoun | |
Motto(s): Oot o darkness cometh licht | |
![]() Wolverhampton shown athin Ingland | |
Coordinates: 52°35′N 2°08′W / 52.583°N 2.133°W | |
Sovereign state | ![]() |
Constituent kintra | ![]() |
Region | Wast Midlands |
Ceremonial coonty | Wast Midlands |
Admeen HQ | Wolverhampton Civic Centre |
Foondit | 985 |
Foondit bi | Wulfrun |
Named for | Wulfrun |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Metropolitan borough |
• Govrenin body | Wolverhampton Ceety Cooncil |
Area | |
• Total | 69.44 km2 (26.81 sq mi) |
Population (2006 est.) | |
• Total | ([[List of English districts by population|Ranked 59t]]) |
• Density | 3407/km2 (8,820/sq mi) |
• Ethnicity (United Kingdom Estimate 2005)[1] | 76.5% White 14.7% S.Asie 4.8% Black 1.1% Cheenese or other 2.9% Mixed Race |
Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (Breetish Simmer Time) |
Postcode | WV |
Area code(s) | 01902 |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-WLV |
ONS code | 00CW |
OS grid reference | SO915985 |
NUTS 3 | UKG35 |
Website | www.wolverhampton.gov.uk |
Wolverhampton i/ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən/ is a ceety an metropolitan borough in the Wast Midlands, Ingland. For Eurostat purposes Walsall an Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG35) an is ane o five boroughs or unitary destricts that comprise the "Wast Midlands" NUTS 2 region. In 2004, the local govrenment destrict haed an estimatit population o 239,100;[2] the wider Urban Aurie haed a population o 251,462,[3] which maks it the 13t maist populous ceety in Ingland.
Historically a pairt o Staffordshire, an formin pairt o the metropolitan coonty o the Wast Midlands frae 1974, the ceety is commonly recognised as being named efter Lady Wulfrun, who foondit the toun in 985: its name comin frae Anglo-Saxon Wulfrūnehēantūn = "Wulfrūn's heich or principal enclosur or ferm".[4] Alternatively, the ceety mey hae earned its oreeginal name frae Wulfereēantūn = "Wulfhere's heich or principal enclosur or ferm" efter the Mercie King.[5] Nivertheless, the name Wulfrun is commonly uised in the ceety – for example, for the Wulfrun Centre or for Wulfrun Hall Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine.