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Sheffield is a geographically diverse city in England. It nestles in the eastern foothills of the Pennines [1] and the confluence of five rivers: Don, Sheaf, Rivelin, Loxley and Porter. As such, much of the city is built on hillsides, with views into the city centre or out to the countryside.
The government introduced the concept of a primary urban area as a defining characteristic for substantial settlements, using the shorthand term 'city' for them, whether or not they had formal city status. In reality, a PUA may contain multiple settlements, even multiple cities.
The City of Sheffield is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield , the town of Stocksbridge and the larger village of Chapeltown and part of the Peak District . [ 7 ]
Norwich. The ONS has classified all built-up areas with a population of at least 200,000 as "major". Most are cities, with three large towns (Luton, Northampton and Reading) included. [1]
This would keep the current boundary between the city and the county in place, but would do away with the two-tiered system in the latter, turning Nottinghamshire into a unitary authority.
The Sheffield Urban Area is a conurbation in the north of England with a population of 685,368 according to the 2011 census. [1] This was a 7% increase on the 2001 population of 640,720 [ 2 ] making it the 8th largest conurbation in the United Kingdom and England 's 6th largest.
Description: Sheffield outline, showing motorways and urban areas. Date: April 2007: Source: Mapping is derived from Open Street Map data, which is licensed under a creative commons attribution sharealike licence.
Nottingham (/ ˈ n ɒ t ɪ ŋ ə m / ⓘ NOT-ing-əm, locally / ˈ n ɒ t n ʊ m /) is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England.It is located 33 miles (53 km) south-east of Sheffield and 45 miles (72 km) north-east of Birmingham.