City of Lancaster

City of Lancaster
Shown within Lancashire
Geography
Status:	City (1937)
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 85th 575.86 km²
Admin. HQ:	Lancaster
ONS code:	30UH
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 129th 138,000 240 / km²
Ethnicity:	97.8% White
Politics
Lancaster City Council http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour / Liberal Democrats / Green
MPs:	Ben Wallace, Geraldine Smith

The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire in North West England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the boroughs of Lancaster and Morecambe and Heysham, along with Carnforth urban district, Lancaster Rural District and Lunesdale Rural District.

Ceremonial county of Lancashire

Unitary authorities: Blackpool | Blackburn with Darwen

Topics: Places | Parishes | Parliamentary constituencies

Districts of North West England
Allerdale \| Barrow-in-Furness \| Blackburn with Darwen \| Blackpool \| Bolton \| Burnley \| Bury \| Carlisle \| Chester \| Chorley \| Congleton \| Copeland \| Crewe and Nantwich \| Eden \| Ellesmere Port and Neston \| Fylde \| Halton \| Hyndburn \| Knowsley \| Lancaster \| Liverpool \| Macclesfield \| Manchester \| Oldham \| Pendle \| Preston \| Ribble Valley \| Rochdale \| Rossendale \| St Helens \| Salford \| Sefton \| South Lakeland \| South Ribble \| Stockport \| Tameside \| Trafford \| Vale Royal \| Warrington \| West Lancashire \| Wigan \| Wirral \| Wyre
Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside