Oxford City of Oxford | |
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Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict | |
Frae tap left tae bottom richt: Oxford skyline panorama frae St Mary's Kirk; Radcliffe Camera; High Street frae abuin leukin east; University College; High Street bi nicht; Naitural History Museum an Pitt Rivers Museum. | |
Eik-name(s): "the Ceety o Dreamin Spires" | |
Motto(s): "Fortis est veritas" "The truth is strong" | |
Shawn within Oxfordshire | |
Coordinates: 51°45′7″N 1°15′28″W / 51.75194°N 1.25778°W | |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Constituent kintra | Ingland |
Region | Sooth East Ingland |
Ceremonial coonty | Oxfordshire |
Admin HQ | Oxford Ceety Centre |
Foondit | 8t century |
Ceety status | 1542 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Ceety |
• Govrening body | Oxford Ceety Cooncil |
• Lord Mayor | Cllr Mohammed Abbasi[1] (2014–2015) (Lab) |
• Sheriff o Oxford | Rae Humberstone (Lab) |
• Executive Cooncil Leader | Labour Cllr Bob Price |
• MPs | Nicola Blackwood (C) Andrew Smith (L) |
Area | |
• Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict | 45.59 km2 (17.60 sq mi) |
Population (2011 est.) | |
• Ceety an non-metropolitan destrict | 162,040 (ranked 118t o 326) |
• Density | 3270/km2 (8,500/sq mi) |
• Urban | 171,380[2] |
• Metro | 244,000 |
• Ethnicity[3] | 72.4% White Breetish 6.7% Ither White 8.5% South Asian 3.7% Black 4.3% Cheenese 3.0% Mixed Race 2.5% Ither 1.4% White Erse |
Demonym(s) | Oxonian |
Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode | OX1 • OX2 • OX3 • OX4 |
Area code(s) | 01865 |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-OXF |
ONS code | 38UC (ONS) E07000178 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | SP513061 |
Website | www.oxford.gov.uk |
Oxford (pronooncit [ˈɒksfəd]) is a ceety, an the coonty toun o Oxfordshire, in Sooth East Ingland. The ceety, made prominent bi its medieval university, haes a population o juist unner 165,000, wi 151,000 livin athin the district boondary. The rivers Cherwell an Thames run through Oxford an meet sooth o the ceety centre. For a distance o some 10 mile (16 km) alang the river, in the vicinity o Oxford, the Thames is kent as The Isis.
Buildings in Oxford demonstrate an example o ivery Breetish architectural period since the arrival o the Saxons, includin the iconic, mid-18t century Radcliffe Camera. Oxford is kent as the "ceety o dreamin spires", a term coined bi poet Matthew Arnold in reference tae the harmonious architecture o Oxford's university buildings. The University o Oxford is the auldest university in the Inglis-speakin warld.[4]