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Sign in to saveWakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Wakefield, which had a population of , the List of English districts by population| most populous district in England. It is part of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area and the Yorkshire and the Humber region.
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Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, England, within the United Kingdom. It serves as the capital of the Wakefield administrative district and shares a border with Morley. The city’s historic county is Yorkshire. Its population is recorded as 99,251 by one source and 109,766 by another. Wakefield is twinned with Alfeld (Leine), Belgorod, Castres, and Castrop-Rauxel.
The city has an elevation of 48 meters according to one dataset and 50 meters according to another. It operates in the Europe/London timezone. The local dialing code is 01924, and postal codes range from WF1 to WF90. A pedestrian path named Cathedral Walk is located in the Belle Isle area of the city.
Synthesized by Vinony from 53 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, Open Meteo, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Place details
- Locality
- Wakefield
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 109,766
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Wakefield
- UK place.type
- City
- UK place.population
- 109,767
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.area_total_sq_mi
- 11.3
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- City of Wakefield
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- West Yorkshire
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wakefield and Rothwell
- UK place.constituency_westminster1
- Ossett and Denby Dale
- UK place.post_town
- WAKEFIELD
- UK place.postcode_district
- WF1-WF4
- UK place.postcode_area
- WF
- UK place.dial_code
- 01924
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SE335205
- UK place.london_distance
- 160 mi
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- Coat of arms of Wakefield.svg
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Wakefield
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wakefield
- Population
- 99251
- Capital of
- Wakefield
- Shares border with
- Morley
- Official website
- www.wakefield.gov.uk
- Image
- Wakefield-1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01924
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- Commons category
- Wakefield, West Yorkshire (city)
- topic's main category
- Category:Wakefield
- twinned administrative body
- Xiangyang
- postal code
- WF1-WF90
- category for people born here
- Q8077034
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Wakefield
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Wakefield
- Commons gallery
- Wakefield
- OS grid reference
- SE335205
- historic county
- Yorkshire
- native label
- Wakefield
- P8168
- Roy Fielding
- different from
- Wakefield
- P12749
- Chet Baker
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Gallery (40)
On the map
3 mapped locations