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{{Infobox settlement
| name = London
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rect 217 123 282 330 [[Heron Tower]]
rect 322 123 380 330 [[Tower 42]]
rect 441 154 498 330 [[30 St Mary Axe]]
rect 505 87 572 330 [[122 Leadenhall Street]]
rect 638 208 699 251 [[Willis Building (London)|Willis Building]]
rect 596 251 715 332 [[Lloyd's building]]
rect 740 217 851 275 [[Canary Wharf]]
rect 888 168 940 330 [[20 Fenchurch Street]]
rect 0 330 1200 450 [[City of London]]
rect 0 460 330 1420 [[London Underground]]
rect 330 460 622 1420 [[Elizabeth Tower]]
rect 632 460 1200 951 [[Trafalgar Square]]▼
rect 632 961 1200 1420 [[London Eye]]
▲rect 632 460 1200 951 [[Trafalgar Square]]
rect 0 1429 1200 1765 [[Tower Bridge]]
rect 0 1765 1200 1809 [[River Thames]]
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| settlement_type = [[Capital city]]▼
| image_caption = '''Clockwise from top''': [[City of London]] in the foreground with [[Canary Wharf]] in the far background; [[Trafalgar Square]]; [[London Eye]]; [[Tower Bridge]]; and a [[London Underground]] roundel in front of [[Big Ben|Elizabeth Tower]]
▲| settlement_type = [[Capital city]]
<!-- maps and coordinates -->| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the United Kingdom##Location within England##Location within Europe▼
| pushpin_relief = 1
▲<!-- maps and coordinates -->| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the United Kingdom##Location within England##Location within Europe
| pushpin_map = UK#England#Europe#Earth▼
| coordinates = {{coord|51|30|26|N|0|7|39|W|region:GB-ENG|display=inline,title}}▼
▲| pushpin_map = UK#England#Europe#Earth
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Sovereign state]]▼
▲| coordinates = {{coord|51|30|26|N|0|7|39|W|region:GB-ENG|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_name = United Kingdom▼
▲| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Sovereign state]]
| subdivision_type1 = {{nowrap|[[Countries of the United Kingdom|Country]]}}▼
▲| subdivision_name = United Kingdom
| subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of England|Region]]
▲| subdivision_type1 = {{nowrap|[[Countries of the United Kingdom|Country]]}}
| subdivision_type3 = [[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial counties]]▼
| subdivision_type4 = [[Districts of England|Local government districts]]
▲| subdivision_type3 = [[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial counties]]
| subdivision_name1 = England▼
| subdivision_name2 = [[Greater London|London (Greater London)]]
▲| subdivision_name1 = England
| subdivision_name3 = [[Greater London|Greater London (ceremonial county)]]<br />[[City of London]]▼
| subdivision_name4 = [[London boroughs|32 London boroughs]]<br />and the [[City of London]]
▲| subdivision_name3 = [[Greater London|Greater London (ceremonial county)]]<br />[[City of London]]
| established_title = Settled by [[Roman Empire|Romans]]▼
| established_date = AD {{start date and age|47}}<ref name="auto1">[http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/no1poultry_molas_2007/ Number 1 Poultry (ONE 94), Museum of London Archaeology, 2013]. Archaeology Data Service, The University of York.</ref> <br />''as [[Londinium]]''▼
▲| established_title = Settled by [[Roman Empire|Romans]]
| government_type = [[Directly elected mayors in England and Wales|Executive mayoralty]] and [[deliberative assembly]] within [[unitary state|unitary]] [[constitutional monarchy]]▼
▲| established_date = AD {{start date and age|47}}<ref name="auto1">[http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/no1poultry_molas_2007/ Number 1 Poultry (ONE 94), Museum of London Archaeology, 2013]. Archaeology Data Service, The University of York.</ref> <br />''as [[Londinium]]''
| governing_body = [[Greater London Authority]]<br />'''• '''[[Mayor of London|Mayor]] [[Sadiq Khan]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])<!-- Please do not change this until the mayoral election results have officially been announced and the new mayor installed, which happens on the SECOND day after the election results --><br />'''• '''[[London Assembly]]▼
▲| government_type = [[Directly elected mayors in England and Wales|Executive mayoralty]] and [[deliberative assembly]] within [[unitary state|unitary]] [[constitutional monarchy]]
| total_type = Total<ref group=upper-alpha name=total/>▼
▲| governing_body = [[Greater London Authority]]<br />'''• '''[[Mayor of London|Mayor]] [[Sadiq Khan]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])<!-- Please do not change this until the mayoral election results have officially been announced and the new mayor installed, which happens on the SECOND day after the election results --><br />'''• '''[[London Assembly]]
| area_footnotes = ▼
▲| total_type = Total<ref group=upper-alpha name=total/>
| area_total_km2 = 1572.03▼
▲| area_footnotes =
| area_metro_km2 = 8382▼
▲| area_total_km2 = 1572.03
| area_urban_km2 = 1737.9▼
▲| area_metro_km2 = 8382
| area_blank1_title = [[City of London]]
▲| area_urban_km2 = 1737.9
| area_blank1_km2 = 2.89▼
| area_blank2_title = [[London boroughs|32 London boroughs {{nobold|(total)}}]]
▲| area_blank1_km2 = 2.89
| area_blank2_km2 = 1569.14▼
▲| area_blank2_km2 = 1569.14
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name = Elevation>
{{Cite web |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/map/gcpvj0v07 |title=London weather map |publisher=The Met Office |access-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803055103/https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/map/gcpvj0v07 |url-status=live |archive-date=3 August 2018}}</ref>
| elevation_m = 11
| population_total = 8,799,800<ref name="Census2021june2022">{{Cite web |title=Population and household estimates, England and Wales: Census 2021 |website=ons.gov.uk |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/populationandhouseholdestimatesenglandandwales/census2021 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=15 October 2022 }}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2021 except where stated
| population_density_km2 = 5,598
| population_blank1_title = [[City of London]]
| population_blank1 = 8,600<ref name="Census2021june2022"/>
| population_urban = 9,787,426
| population_urban_footnotes = &nbsp;(2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx|title=2011 Census – Built-up areas|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics|ONS]]|access-date=15 October 2022}}</ref>
| population_metro = 14,800,000 ([[London metropolitan area]])
| population_metro_footnotes = &nbsp;(2023)<ref name="CityPopulation.de show">{{Cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/world/agglomerations/|title=Major agglomerations of the world|website=CityPopulation.de|access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
| population_demonyms = Londoner
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| demographics1_title2 = Per capita
| demographics1_info2 = £55,412
| blank3_name = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2019)
| blank3_info = 0.976<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Sub-national HDI |title=Area Database – Global Data Lab |url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/ |website=hdi.globaldatalab.org}}</ref> – <span style="color:#090;">very high</span>
| postal_code_type = [[Postcodes in the United Kingdom|Postcode areas]]
| postal_code = {{collapsible list
|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
|title = 22 areas
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{{postcode|TN}}, {{postcode|TW}}
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| area_codes = {{collapsible list
|titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
|title = [[List of telephone exchanges in London|9 area codes]]
|020, 01322, 01689, 01708, 01737, 01895, 01923, 01959, 01992
}}
| leader_title = London&nbsp;Assembly
| leader_name = [[London Assembly constituencies|14 constituencies]]
| leader_title1 = [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK&nbsp;Parliament]]
| leader_name1 = [[List of Parliamentary constituencies in London|73 constituencies]]
| timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time]]
| utc_offset = ±00:00{{!}}UTC
| timezone_DST = [[British Summer Time]]
| utc_offset_DST = +1
| blank_name_sec1 = Budget
| blank_info_sec1 = £19.376&nbsp;billion <br/>(${{To USD|19.376|GBR|year=2019|round=yes}} billion)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/mayors_final_budget_2021-22.pdf|title=The Greater London Authority Consolidated Budget and Component Budgets for 2021–22}}</ref>
| blank2_name_sec2 = Police
| blank2_info_sec2 = [[Metropolitan Police|Metropolitan]] ('''county''' of Greater London) <br/> [[City of London Police|City of London]] ([[City of London]] square mile)
| blank4_name_sec2 = Fire
| blank4_info_sec2 = [[London Fire Brigade|London]]
| blank3_name_sec2 = Ambulance
| blank3_info_sec2 = [[London Ambulance Service|London]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[International airport]]s
| blank3_info_sec1 = Inside London:<br>[[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]] ([[International Air Transport Association airport code|LHR]])<br /> [[London City Airport|City]] ([[International Air Transport Association airport code|LCY]])<br />Outside London:<br>[[Gatwick Airport|Gatwick]] ([[International Air Transport Association airport code|LGW]])<br />[[Stansted Airport|Stansted]] ([[International Air Transport Association airport code|STN]])<br />[[Luton Airport|Luton]] ([[International Air Transport Association airport code|LTN]])<br />[[London Southend Airport|Southend]] ([[International Air Transport Association airport code|SEN]])
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Rapid transit|Rapid transit system]]
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[London Underground]]
| blank6_name_sec2 = [[GeoTLD]]
| blank6_info_sec2 = [[.london]]
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
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