Wakefield
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local government district in West Yorkshire, England
Key facts
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Country
- England
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Ceremonial county
- West Yorkshire
- Admin hq
- Wakefield
- Type
- Metropolitan borough , City
- Governing body
- Wakefield Council
- Leadership
- Leader & Cabinet
- Executive
- Reform UK
- Mps
- Yvette Cooper (L), Mark Sewards (L), Simon Lightwood (L), Jon Trickett (L)
- Total
- 131 sq mi (339 km )
- Rank
- 108th
- Density
- 2,810/sq mi (1,080/km )
- Ethnic groups
- List 93% White 3.6% Asian 1.4% Mixed 1.3% Black 0.7% other
- Religion
- List 49% Christianity 41.3% no religion 3.2% Islam 5.4% not stated 0.4% other 0.4% Hinduism 0.2% Buddhism 0.1% Sikhism 0.1% Judaism
- Time zone
- UTC+0 ( Greenwich Mean Time )
- Summer dst
- UTC+1 ( British Summer Time )
- Iso 3166 2
- GB-WKF
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 357729
- Area
- 338.6198
- Official website
- www.wakefield.gov.uk
- Image
- Wakefield-1.jpg
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- Commons category
- City of Wakefield
- inception
- 1974-04-01
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Article
Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settlement, is the administrative centre of the district. The population of the City of Wakefield at the 2011 Census was 325,837.
The district includes the Five Towns of Castleford, Featherstone, Knottingley, Normanton and Pontefract. Other towns include Hemsworth, Horbury, Ossett, South Elmsall and South Kirkby (also forms the civil parish of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe). The city and district are governed by Wakefield Council from the County Hall. In 2010, Wakefield was named as the UK's third most musical city by PRS for Music.