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Stevenage
Sign in to saveStevenage ( ) is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage was designated the United Kingdom's first New Town under the New Towns Act. In 2021 it had a population of 94,456.
Key facts
- Settlement.population_total
- (Ranked )
- Settlement.population_density_blank1_km2
- 3081
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Ethnicity (2021)
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Ethnic groups
- Settlement.demographics_type2
- Religion (2021)
- Settlement.demographics2_title1
- Religion
- Settlement.timezone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +0
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postcode areas
- Settlement.postal_code
- SG1, SG2
- Settlement.area_code
- 01438
- Settlement.official_name
- Stevenage
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and borough
- Settlement.motto
- "The heart of a town lies in its people"
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Stevenage Coat of Arms.png
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Borough council coat of arms
- Settlement.blank_emblem_size
- 100px
- Settlement.image_map
- Stevenage UK locator map.svg
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- new town (UK)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 89663
- Area
- 25.96
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Hitchin
- Founded by
- Monica Felton
- Official website
- www.stevenage.gov.uk
- Image
- Stevenage Town Centre - geograph.org.uk - 29369.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01438
Show 9 more facts
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Stevenage
- topic's main category
- Category:Stevenage
- twinned administrative body
- Shymkent
- category for people born here
- Q27437115
- OS grid reference
- TL2424
- postal code
- SG2
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Stevenage
- P12749
- Helmut Heißenbüttel
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
35 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Pre-Conquest
- Middle Ages
- Tudor, Stuart and Georgian eras
- Victorian era to 20th century
- Stevenage New Town
- Industrial area
- Stevenage town centre
- Events
- Later schemes
- Regeneration
- Geography
- Climate
- Neighbourhoods
- Governance
- Demographics
- Religion
- Sport and leisure
- Culture
- Nearby attractions
- Transport
- Education
- Primary schools
- Special needs schools
- Secondary schools
- Colleges
- Former schools
- Places of worship
- Notable people
- In popular culture
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- External links
Stevenage ( ) is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage was designated the United Kingdom's first New Town under the New Towns Act. In 2021 it had a population of 94,456.
== Toponymy ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stevenage” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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