Blaby
Sign in to saveBlaby () is a large village in the Blaby District in central Leicestershire, England, approximately south of Leicester city centre. At the time of the 2011 census, Blaby had a population of 6,194, falling slightly from 6,240 in 2001. Given Blaby's proximity to the city, it is part of the Leicester Urban Area.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Blaby
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- East Midlands
- UK place.shire_district
- Blaby
- UK place.shire_county
- Leicestershire
- UK place.post_town
- LEICESTER
- UK place.postcode_area
- LE
- UK place.postcode_district
- LE8
- UK place.dial_code
- 0116
- UK place.population
- 6,194
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Leicestershire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Blaby Post Office.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Blaby
- Population
- +6194
- Official website
- www.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/blabyparish
- Image
- Blaby Post Office.JPG
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- People associated with Blaby
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Blaby () is a large village in the Blaby District in central Leicestershire, England, approximately south of Leicester city centre. At the time of the 2011 census, Blaby had a population of 6,194, falling slightly from 6,240 in 2001. Given Blaby's proximity to the city, it is part of the Leicester Urban Area.
Its name likely came from Old Norse. Blábýr = "farmstead or village belonging to a man named Blár" (where the -r is a case ending). There seems to have been a dense patch of Viking settlement in Leicestershire, although some records in the Blaby Library indicate the origin of the village's name was from the first vicar. Blaby is twinned with the village of Villers-sous-Saint-Leu in France.