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Oxford (/ ˈ ɒ k s f ər d / ⓘ) [5] [6] is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as the Isis) and Cherwell. It had a population of 163,257 ...
Oxford 145,095 Oxford: n/a n/a n/a 46 Wakefield 144,654 Wakefield: Leeds 1,499,465 37 47 Blackpool 142,100 Blackpool: n/a n/a n/a 48 Norwich 140,100 Norwich & Broadlands n/a n/a n/a 49 Grimsby 139,458 North East Lincolnshire: Kingston upon Hull 573,300 113 50 Telford 139,071 Telford and Wrekin: n/a n/a n/a 51 Peterborough 136,963 Peterborough ...
Map of population density in England as at the 2011 census The non-metropolitan counties and unitary authorities of England in 2020 by total population. The demography of England has since 1801 been measured by the decennial national census, and is marked by centuries of population growth and urbanization. Due to the lack of authoritative ...
The 20 largest ESPON metropolitan areas in the UK, ranked by population. A 2001 ESPON metropolitan area was defined as consisting of an urban area , conurbation or agglomeration , together with the surrounding area to which it was closely economically and socially integrated through commuting .
The areas of Oxford city south of the Thames, such as Grandpont, were transferred much earlier, in 1889. In 2024, Megalosaurus tracks were identified in Oxfordshire, which coincided with the 200th anniversary of the first scientific naming of a dinosaur, also Megalosaurus. After excavations that began in 1997, the area was nicknamed "the ...
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England increased the number of seats in Oxfordshire from six to seven, due to the electorates of all six existing constituencies being above the maximum allowed quota.
The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at 67,596,281 in 2022. [1] It is the 21st most populated country in the world and has a population density of 279 people per square kilometre (720 people/sq mi), with England having significantly greater density than Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. [1]
Oxford is the 14th most populous city in Mississippi, United States, and the county seat of Lafayette County, 75 miles (121 km) southeast of Memphis. A college town , Oxford surrounds the University of Mississippi or "Ole Miss".