Huntingdon
Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there in 1599 and became one of its Members of Parliament (MP) in 1628. The former Conservative Prime Minister (1990–1997) John Major served as its MP from 1979 until his retirement in 2001.
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Market town
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- cmglee Huntingdon town hall war memorial.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Huntingdon Town Hall and The Thinking Soldier War Memorial
- UK place.official_name
- Huntingdon
- UK place.population
- 25,428
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.shire_district
- Huntingdonshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Cambridgeshire
- UK place.region
- East of England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Huntingdon
- UK place.parts_type
- Areas of the town
Article · Svenska
Huntingdon är en stad och civil parish i grevskapet Cambridgeshire i England. Staden är huvudort i distriktet Huntingdonshire och ligger vid floden Great Ouse, cirka 25 kilometer nordväst om Cambridge samt cirka 27 kilometer söder om Peterborough. Tätorten (built-up area) hade 23 937 invånare vid folkräkningen år 2011. Staden fick stadsprivilegier av kung Johan 1205. Huntingdon är känt som den plats där Oliver Cromwell föddes 1599.
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