City and Unitary Authority Area
City of Leicester
Coat of arms
Location within Leicestershire and England
Coordinates: Coordinates: 52°38′06″N 1°08′06″W / 52.63500°N 1.13500°W / 52.63500; -1.13500
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Ceremonial county	Leicestershire
Admin HQ	Leicester City Centre
Founded	AD 50 as Ratae Corieltauvorum by the Romans
City Status	restored 1919
Government
• Type	Unitary authority, City
• Mayor	Sir Peter Soulsby
• Leadership	Elected mayor and cabinet
• Unitary authority	Leicester City Council
• List of MPs	List of MPs Jon Ashworth (Leicester South) Liz Kendall (Leicester West) Keith Vaz (Leicester East)
Area
• City and Unitary Authority Area	28.31 sq mi (73.32 km2)
Population  (2005 est.)
• City and Unitary Authority Area	288,000 (Ranked 20th)
• Urban	441,213
• Metro	772,400 (LUZ)
• Ethnicity (June 2007 estimates)	Ethnic groups 61.3% White 57.5% White British 1.0% White Irish 2.7% Other White   2.6% Mixed 1.0% Black Caribbean & White 0.3% Black African & White 0.8% South Asian & White 0.5% Other Mixed   29.6% Asian or Asian British 25.0% Indian 2.0% Pakistani 0.8% Bangladeshi 1.8% Other Asian   4.9% Black or Black British 1.4% Black Caribbean 3.2% Black African 0.3% Other Black   1.6% Chinese or Other 1.0% Chinese 0.6% Other
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode	LE
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ONS code	00FN
ISO 3166-2	GB-LCE
NUTS 3	UKF21
Distance to London	102.8 mi (165.4 km)
Demonym	Leicesterian
Website	http://www.leicester.gov.uk/

Leicester ( pronunciation (info • help)) is a city in the East Midlands region of England and it is the county town of Leicestershire.

In the 2011 census the population of Leicester was about 330,000. The city is also the 11th largest by population in England and the 13th largest in the United Kingdom.