Greater London

{| border=1 cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right" width=300\n|-\n!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Greater London\n|-\n|colspan=2 align=center|\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography\n|-\n|width="45%"|Status:||Region\n|-\n|Area:
- Total||9th in England
1,580 km²\n|-\n|NUTS 1:||UKI\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics\n|-\n|Population:
- Total (2001 census)
- Density||2nd in England
7,172,036
4539/km²\n|-\n!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics\n|-\n|colspan=2 align=center|Greater London Authority
Labour)\n|} The administrative area of Greater London combines the City of London, the City of Westminster and 31 other London boroughs, and includes most of what is commonly known simply as London, capital of the United Kingdom. It covers 1579 km² and had a population of 7,172,036 at the 2001 census. Since 2000 Greater London has been administered by the Greater London Authority, and has a directly-elected Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone who is scrutinised by an elected London Assembly.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Map 3 See also 4 External links

History

\nGreater London was created in 1965, replacing the former administrative counties of Middlesex and London, adding the City, which was not under the London County Council, and absorbing parts of Kent, Hertfordshire, Surrey, and Essex. Greater London is bounded by the Home Counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey, and Kent. Greater London originally had a two-tier system of local government, with the Greater London Council (GLC) sharing power with the Corporation of London (governing the small City of London) and the 32 London borough councils. The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986 under the government of Margaret Thatcher, with some of its functions devolved to the Corporation and the boroughs, and others reverting to central government. In 2000 the Labour government created a Greater London Authority consisting of a London Assembly and a Mayor of London to govern the entire area. The 2000 and 2004 Mayoral elections were both won by Ken Livingstone, the last leader of the GLC. Greater London's population rose from 1.1 million in 1801 to an estimated 8.5 million in 1939, but declined to 6.5 million in the 1980s. Wider definitions of London's metropolitan area (the London commuter belt) extend over a far larger region with up to fourteen million inhabitants, but generally include districts distinct from London proper. The term 'Greater London' had been used before 1965, particularly to refer to the area covered by the Metropolitan Police Service (which did not coincide with Greater London until 2000), however the term 'Metropolitan Police District' is preferred.

Map

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1. City of London
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2. Westminster
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3. Kensington and Chelsea
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4. Hammersmith and Fulham
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5. Wandsworth
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6. Lambeth
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7. Southwark
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8. Tower Hamlets
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9. Hackney
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10. Islington
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11. Camden
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12. Brent
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13. Ealing
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14. Hounslow
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15. Richmond
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16. Kingston
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17. Merton
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18. Sutton
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19. Croydon
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20. Bromley
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21. Lewisham
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22. Greenwich
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23. Bexley
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24. Havering
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25. Barking and Dagenham
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26. Redbridge
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27. Newham
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28. Waltham Forest
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29. Haringey
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30. Enfield
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31. Barnet
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32. Harrow
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33. Hillingdon
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See also

\n*UK topics

External links

\n*Greater London Authority \n\n \n Category:London\nCategory:Regions of England\nCategory:Counties of England