City of York
The City of York, officially simply "York",[6] is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.[7]
This article is about the local government district in England formed in 1996. For the individual settlement and former district, see York. For other uses, see City of York (disambiguation).
City of York
1 April 1996[3]
David Carr (IND)
Claire Douglas (Labour)
105.00 sq mi (271.94 km2)
204,551
1,780/sq mi (687/km2)
153,717
Yorker • Yorkie[4]
- 46.1% no religion
- 43.9% Christianity
- 6.9% not stated
- 1.2% Islam
- 0.6% other
- 0.5% Buddhism
- 0.5% Hinduism
- 0.1% Judaism
- 0.1% Sikhism
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GB-YOR
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E06000014 (GSS)
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Leeds Bradford Airport (outside of York)
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The district's main settlement is York, and its coverage extends to the town of Haxby and the villages of Earswick, Upper Poppleton, Nether Poppleton, Copmanthorpe, Bishopthorpe, Dunnington, Stockton on the Forest, Rufforth, Askham Bryan and Askham Richard, among other villages and hamlets. The district had a population of 202,800 in the 2021 Census[8][9] The City of York is administered by the City of York Council based in The Guildhall.[10]
The district contains the unparished area of York and 31 civil parishes:[15]
Wards[edit]
York is divided into 21 electoral wards: Acomb, Bishopthorpe, Clifton, Copmanthorpe, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, Fishergate, Fulford and Heslington, Guildhall, Haxby and Wigginton, Heworth, Heworth Without, Holgate, Hull Road, Huntington and New Earswick, Micklegate, Osbaldwick and Derwent, Rawcliffe and Clifton Without, Rural West York, Strensall, Westfield, and Wheldrake.[16]
History[edit]
The district was formed on 1 April 1996 from the previous non-metropolitan district of York and the parishes of Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth and Upper Poppleton from Harrogate district, the parishes of Clifton Without, Earswick, Haxby, Heworth Without, Holtby, Huntington, Murton, New Earswick, Osbaldwick, Rawcliffe, Skelton, Stockton-on-the-Forest, Strensall, Towthorpe and Wigginton from Ryedale district, and the parishes of Acaster Malbis, Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Bishopthorpe, Copmanthorpe, Deighton, Dunnington, Elvington, Fulford, Heslington, Kexby, Naburn and Wheldrake from Selby district. The previous district was in the non-metropolitan county (administrative county) of North Yorkshire and the new district became a separate non-metropolitan county, while remaining part of the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.[17] The previous district itself had been reconstituted in 1974 from the county borough with the same boundaries.[18]
Ceremonial[edit]
York is within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire and, until 1974, was within the jurisdiction of the Lord Lieutenant of the County of York, West Riding and the County of The City of York. The city retains the right to appoint its own Sheriff. The holder of the Royal dukedom of York has no responsibilities, either ceremonially or administratively, as regards to the city.