Exeter

**Exeter** is a city in South West England on the River Exe, from which it takes its name. It is the county town of Devon. Around 130,000 people live there. In the city are a ruined castle, much of the old Roman city wall, and Exeter Cathedral.

## History

Exeter was built by the Romans, who called it _Isca Dumnoniorum_ (Isca of the Dumnonii, the local British tribe). After the Romans left and the Anglo-Saxons moved into the area in the seventh century, the name changed to Exeter. In the 1060s, Exeter was a centre of resistance to the Norman conquest.

In 1050, the Bishop of Crediton moved to Exeter; from then until 1876 the bishops were the heads of the Church of England in the whole of Devon and Cornwall. Now, only Devon is within the Exeter diocese.

## Today

Today it is home to the Met Office, which forecasts the country's weather.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Exeter
- **settlement type**: City status in the United Kingdom, City and Districts of England, district of England
- **motto**: _Semper fidelis_ _(Always faithful)_
- **imagesize**: 280px
- **image caption**: **Clockwise from top**: Exeter Cathedral; Southernhay; Sidwell Street in the city centre; Exeter Quay; Royal Albert Memorial Museum; The Iron Bridge
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Exeter.svg
- **image blank emblem**: Wordmark of Exeter, United Kingdom.png
- **blank emblem type**: Wordmark
- **image map**: Exeter UK locator map.svg
- **mapsize**: 256px
- **map caption**: The District of Exeter including Topsham, Devon, Topsham shown within Devon
- **pushpin map**: England#UK#Europe
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within England##Location within the United Kingdom##Location within Europe
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Sovereign state
- **subdivision type1**: Countries of the United Kingdom, Country
- **subdivision type3**: Regions of England, Region
- **subdivision name3**: South West England
- **subdivision type4**: Ceremonial counties of England, Ceremonial and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England, shire county
- **government type**: City council
- **governing body**: Exeter City Council
- **leader title2**: List of MPs elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election, MP
- **leader name2**: Steve Race (politician), Steve Race
 (Labour Party (UK), Labour) & David Reed (Conservative politician), David Reed
 (Conservative Party (UK), Conservative)
- **leader title3**: Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament
- **established title**: City status in the United Kingdom, City status
- **established date**: _Time immemorial_
- **established title1**: Districts of England, Non-metropolitan district
- **established date1**: 1974
- **area rank**: List of English districts by area, (of )
- **population rank**: List of English districts by population, (of )
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population blank1 title**: Demonyms
- **population blank1**: Exonian
- **population blank2 title**: Ethnicity <small>(2011)</small>
- **timezone**: Greenwich Mean Time, GMT
- **utc offset**: +0
- **timezone dst**: British Summer Time, BST
- **utc offset dst**: +1
- **postal code type**: Postal codes in the United Kingdom, Postcode district
- **postal code**: EX postcode area, EX1-6
- **area code**: 01392