Leicester

Leicester (/lɛstər/ less-tər  pronunciation (help·info)) is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest. In 2006, the population of the Leicester unitary authority was estimated at 289,700, the highest in the region, whilst 441,213 people lived in the wider Leicester Urban Area, making Leicester the tenth most populous settlement in the United Kingdom and the UK's fifteenth largest urban area. It is the largest city in the East Midlands and the second largest urban area in the East Midlands behind Nottingham Urban Area. Eurostat's Larger Urban Zone listed the population of the area at 772,400 people as of...