Northampton

Northampton (Loudspeaker.png pronunciation (info • help)) is a big market town and a local government district of the East Midlands part of the United Kingdom. The district has a population of 200,100 people.

Town & Borough
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Northampton
Northampton
Coordinates: 52°11′55″N 0°52′26″W / 52.198697°N 0.873928°W / 52.198697; -0.873928Coordinates: 52°11′55″N 0°52′26″W / 52.198697°N 0.873928°W / 52.198697; -0.873928
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Ceremonial countyNorthamptonshire
Admin. HQNorthampton
Government
 • TypeNorthampton Borough Council
Mayor of the Borough and Chair 2011–2012
Cllr Jamie Lane[1]
 • Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
Cllr David Palethorpe[1]
 • Executive:Conservative
 • MPs:Brian Binley,
Michael Ellis
Area
 • Total31.18 sq mi (80.76 km2)
 • RankRanked 262nd
Population
 (2005 est.)
 • Total195,000
 • RankRanked 70th
 • Density6,254/sq mi (2,415/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode
ONS code34UF
Ethnicity86.1% White
6.4% S.Asian
3.9% Black British
2.1% Mixed Race
2.3% Chinese or other[2]
Websitenorthampton.gov.uk

Northampton has a major entertainment centre called the Derngate.

Twin towns

Notable residents

Modern
  • Steve Flint, aged 19, represented Northamptonshire at the 1980 Inter-Counties Championships One Mile, winning in a time of 3 minutes 58 seconds, making him one of only four teenage sub-four minute milers in the UK.
Historical
Musical
Other

Northampton Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 NBC Councillors 2007–2011 Accessed 16 August 2011
  2. "Office for National Statistics (Northampton Area)". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2008-04-30.

Other websites