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The Sheffield Built-up Area, of which the Sheffield sub-division is the largest part, had a population of 685,369 also including the town of Rotherham. The district borough, governed from the city, had a population of 566,242 at the mid-2019 estimate, making it the 7th-most-populous district in England.
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.
Nijmegen, Netherlands – Seven hills within the 16c–19c city wall: Geertruidsberg, Hofberg , Lindenberg, Jansberg, Hundisberg, Hessenberg and a) Marienberg [41] or b) Hoofdberg. [42] Nitra, Slovakia; Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Was originally built on seven hills but now only has six due to one being destroyed in the early 20th century (Markovo tepe)
So, of the seven hills, we have only two that appear to even be real. The list ignores hills both within the original plan of the city (like the hill at the naval observatory) and hills outside of the original plan (Bunker Hill, Round Hill, Hickey Hill). There is no evidence of a historical source referring to the "seven hills of Washington DC."
Sheffield station opened in 1870, [25] and was built over an area previously known as Sheaf Island, as it was hemmed in by the River Sheaf to the east, the Porter Brook cross link to the Sheaf to the south, and an unnamed dam, Bamford Dam and Pond Forge dam to the west. Both rivers had been diverted in the late 1700s, as the Bamford dam was ...
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The work was due to finish in September 2011. When completed, the school would be able to accommodate an additional 100–200 pupils from Seven Hills (approximate figure) [clarification needed]. The reason for this was that the school agreed to let Seven Hills' new school be built, meaning All Saints and Seven Hills would both have new equipment.
The areas of Sheffield, a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England, vary widely in size and history. Some of the areas developed from villages or hamlets , that were absorbed into Sheffield as the city grew, and thus their centres are well defined, but the boundaries of many areas are ambiguous.