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| Greater London | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Region and Ceremonial County |
| Area: - Total | 9th in England 1,580 kmē |
| NUTS 1: | UKI |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2001 census) - Density | 2nd in England 7,172,036 4539/kmē |
| Politics | |
| Greater London Authority http://www.london.gov.uk/ | |
| Mayor | Ken Livingstone ( Labour) |
The administrative area of Greater London combines the City of London, the City of WestminsterThe City of Westminster is a London borough and a city in its own right, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It was extended in 1965 to include the former Metropolitan Boroughs of St. Marylebone and Paddington in the and 31 other London boroughs, and includes most of what is commonly known simply as LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri, capital of the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly. It covers 1579 km2 and had a population of 7,172,036 at the 2001 census.
Since 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri Greater London has been administered by the Greater London Authority, and has a directly-elected Mayor of LondonThe Mayor of London is an elected politician in London England, who heads the Greater London Authority and is responsible for budgeting and strategic planning of some governmental functions across the whole of the region of London. These include transport, Ken Livingstone who is scrutinised by an elected London Assembly.
The status of Greater London is somewhat unnusual, it is officially classified as a Ceremonial county and as one of the nine official Regions of England. Although oddly it is not classified as an Administrative county despite having an administrative body.
Greater London was created in 1965, replacing the former administrative counties of Middlesex and London, adding the City, which was not under the London County Council, and absorbing parts of Kent, Hertfordshire, Surrey, and Essex. Greater London is bounded by the Home Counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey, and Kent.
Greater London originally had a two-tier system of local government, with the Greater London Council (GLC) sharing power with the Corporation of London (governing the small City of London) and the 32 London borough councils. The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986 under the government of Margaret Thatcher, with some of its functions devolved to the Corporation and the boroughs, and others reverting to central government. In 2000 the Labour government created a Greater London Authority consisting of a London Assembly and a Mayor of London to govern the entire area. The 2000 and 2004 Mayoral elections were both won by Ken Livingstone, the final leader of the GLC.
Greater London's population rose from 1.1 million in 1801 to an estimated 8.5 million in 1939, but declined to 6.5 million in the 1980s. The population is now rising again and is expected to reach 8.15 million by 2016. Wider definitions of London's metropolitan area (the London commuter belt) extend over a far larger region with up to fourteen million inhabitants, but generally include districts distinct from London proper.
The term 'Greater London' had been used before 1965, particularly to refer to the area covered by the Metropolitan Police Service (which did not coincide with Greater London until 2000), however the term 'Metropolitan Police District' is preferred.
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