Ceety o Lunnon

Ceety o Lunnon
Ceety an coonty
The Ceety o Lunnon, seen frae the sooth bank o the Thames in September 2015
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Eik-name(s):  the Square Mile, the City
Motto(s):  Domine Dirige Nos ("O Lord Direct us", motto o City of London Corporation)
Ceety o Lunnon athin Greater Lunnon
Coordinates: 51°30′56″N 0°05′32″W / 51.5155°N 0.0922°W / 51.5155; -0.0922Coordinates: 51°30′56″N 0°05′32″W / 51.5155°N 0.0922°W / 51.5155; -0.0922
Status	Sui generis; ceety an coonty
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Kintra	Ingland
Region	Lunnon
Roman dounset	c. 47 AD (Londinium)
Wessex dounset	886 AD (Lundenburh)
Wairds	25 wairds Aldersgate Aldgate Bassishaw Billingsgate Bishopsgate Bread Street Bridge Broad Street Candlewick Castle Baynard Cheap Coleman Street Cordwainer Cornhill Cripplegate Dowgate Farringdon Within Farringdon Without Langbourn Lime Street Portsoken Queenhithe Tower Vintry Walbrook
Govrenment
• Bodi	City of London Corporation
• Lord Mayor	Andrew Parmley
• Town Clerk	John Barradell
• Admeenistrative HQ	Guildhall
• London Assembly	Unmesh Desai (Lab) (City and East)
• Member o Pairliament	Mark Field (Con) (Cities of London and Westminster)
Area
• Total	2.90 km2 (1.12 sq mi)
Highest elevation	21 m (69 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	8,072
• Rank	325t (o 326)
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2011) [2]
• Percentage	% White Breetish % White Erse % White Gypsy or Erse Traveller % Ither White % White & Black Caribbean % White & Black African % White & Asian % Other Mixed % Indie % Pakistani % Bangladeshi % Cheenese % Ither Asie % Black African % Black Caribbean % Ither Black % Arab % Ither
Time zone	UTC (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcodes	EC, WC, E
ONS code	00AA
Area code(s)	020
Patron saunt	Saunt Paul
Polis force	City of London Police
Transport for London zones	Fare zone 1; congestion charge zone
Website	cityoflondon.gov.uk

The Ceety o Lunnon (Inglis: City of London) is a sma aurie athin Greater Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick. It is the historic core o Lunnon aroond whilk the modren conurbation grew an haes held ceety status syne time immemorial. The Ceety’s boondaries haes remeened amaist wanchynged syne the Middle Ages, an it is nou anerlie a tiny pairt o the metropolis o Lunnon, tho remeens a notable pairt o Central Lunnon. It is aften referred tae as the Ceety (aften written on maps as "Ceety") or the Square Mile, as it is juist ower ane square mile (1.12 sq mi/2.90 km2)^[3] in aurie. Thir terms are an' a' aften uised as metonyms for the Unitit Kinrick's financial services industry, which haes historically been based here.

In the medieval period, the Ceety wis the fou stent o Lunnon. The term Lunnon nou refers tae a muckle lairger conurbation thareaboot correspondin tae Greater Lunnon, a local govrenment aurie whilk includes 32 Lunnon boroughs as weel as the Ceety o Lunnon. The local authority for the Ceety, the City of London Corporation, is unique in the Unitit Kinrick, an haes some unuisual responsibilities for a local authority in Breetain, lik bein the polis authority for the Ceety. It haes forby responsibilities an awnerships ayont the Ceety's boondaries. The Corporation is heidit bi the Lord Mayor o the Ceety o Lunnon, an office separate frae (an muckle aulder nor) the Mayor o Lunnon.

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