Leeds

Leeds is the largest city in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Leeds is to the east of Bradford and south-west of York. The city forms the core of... Wikipedia

  • Region:  Yorkshire and the Humber
  • County:  West Yorkshire
  • Borough:  City of Leeds
  • Historic county:  Yorkshire, West Riding
  • Borough charter:  1207
  • Municipal charter:  1626
  • City status:  1893
  • Administrative HQ:  Leeds Civic Hall, Millennium Square
  • Type:  Metropolitan borough
  • Body:  Leeds City Council
  • Leadership:  Leader and cabinet
  • Executive:  Labour
  • Lord Mayor:  Eileen Taylor
  • Council Leader:  James Lewis
  • Chief Executive:  Tom Riordan
  • Area rank:  84th
  • Borough:  766,399
  • Rank:  2nd
  • Urban:  1,901,934 (4th)
  • Metro:  2,638,127 (4th)
  • Ethnicity, (2011 census):  85% White, 5.7% Asian or Asian British, 3.5% Black or Black British, 2.7% Mixed Race, 3.1% Other
  • Demonym(s):  Loiner, Leodensian
  • Time zone:  Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
  • Summer (DST):  British Summer Time (UTC+1)
  • Postcode areas:  LS, WF, BD (parts)
  • ISO 3166 code:  GB-LDS
  • GSS code:  E08000035
  • NUTS 3 code:  UKE42
  • ONS code:  00DA
  • OS grid reference:  [ SE296338]
  • Motorways:  M1, M62, M621, A1(M), A58(M), A64(M)
  • Major railway stations:  Leeds (A)
  • International airports:  Leeds Bradford (LBA)
  • GDP:  US$82.98 billion
  • – Per capita:  US$33,355
  • GVA (2015):  £21.3bn (4th) 14.6%
  • – Per capita:  £27,466 (4th) 14.6%
  • Councillors:  99
  • Website:  www.leeds.gov.uk
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo