Luton
Luton (pronounced /ˈluːtən/ (deprecatit template) or locally /ˈluːʔən/) is a lairge toun an unitar authority o Bedfordshire, Ingland, 30 miles (51 kilometres) north o Lunnon. Luton an its near neighbours, Dunstable an Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Aurie wi a population o ower 240,000.[3][4]
Luton Borough of Luton | |
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 Luton shown athin Bedfordshire | |
| Coordinates: 51°54′0″N 0°26′0″W / 51.90000°N 0.43333°WCoordinates: 51°54′0″N 0°26′0″W / 51.90000°N 0.43333°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit Kinrick |
| Constituent aurie | Ingland |
| Region | East o Ingland |
| Ceremonial coonty | Bedfordshire |
| Burgh | Luton |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Burgh |
| • Govrenin body | Luton Borough Council |
| • Executive: | Labour |
| • Mayor | Sydney Knight |
| • MPs | Kelvin Hopkins (L) Gavin Shuker (L) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43.35 km2 (16.74 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 225,262 |
| • Density | 4696/km2 (12,160/sq mi) |
| • ethnicity | 68.0% White 18.9% S.Asie 7.3% Black 3.1% Mixed Race 2.5% E.Asian and Other |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | Breetish Simmer Time |
| Postcode Aurie | |
| Area code(s) | (01582) |
| ONS code | 00KA |
| Demonym | Lutonians |
| Website | www.luton.gov.uk |
Luton is hame tae Blue Square Premier team Luton Town Football Club, whose history includes several spells in the top flicht o the Inglis league as well as a Football League Cup triumph in 1988. They play at Kenilworth Road stadium, which haes been their hame syne 1905.
London Luton Airport, opened in 1938, is ane o Ingland's major airports. Durin the Seicont Warld War it doubled as an RAF base.
The University o Bedfordshire is based in the toun.
The Luton Carnival, held on the late Maey bank holiday, is the lairgest ane-day carnival in Europe.
The toun wis for mony years famous for hat-makin an wis an aa hame tae a lairge Vauxhall Motors factory; the heid office o Vauxhall Motors is still situatit in the towun. Caur production at the plant began in 1905 an continued till 2002, but commercial vehicle production remains.
Twin touns
eeditLuton participates in internaitional toun twinnin; its pairtners[5] are:
| Kintra | Place | Coonty / Destrict / Region / State | Date | |||
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Germany | 
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Bergisch Gladbach | 
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North Rhine-Westphalie | 1956 |
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Fraunce | Bourgoin-Jallieu | Rhône-Alpes | 1956 | ||
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Swaden | Eskilstuna | 
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Södermanland | 1949 | |
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Germany | 
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Berlin-Spandau | 
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Berlin | 1959 |
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Germany | 
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Wolfsburg | 
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Lawer Saxony | 1950 |
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Israel | 
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Haifa |
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Haifa Destrict | 1966 |
References
eedit- ↑ Leadership=Mayor & Cabinet
Executive=Labour - ↑ ONS estimates for total population and density in 2011 and ethnicity in 2009. See the Demografie section abuin for further information.
- ↑ Luton Borough Council, 2009 Mid year population estimates for Luton Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Central Bedfordshire Council, Central Bedfordshire’s population. Dunstable 35,120. Houghton Regis 16,670.
- ↑ "Town twinning". Luton Borough Council. Archived frae the original on 16 Mey 2008. Retrieved 16 Juin 2008.
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