Leicester

Leicester ( ,"Leicester", Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 28 August 2015 but aften locally ) is a ceety an unitar authority aurie in the East Midlands o Ingland, an the coonty toun o Leicestershire. The ceety lees on the River Soar an at the edge o the National Forest.

In the 2011 census the population o the City of Leicester unitar authority wis c.330,000 makkin it the maist populous municipality in the East Midlands region. The associatit urban aurie is the 11t lairgest bi population in Ingland an aw an the 13t lairgest in the Unitit Kinrick.

Leicester is at the intersection o the north/sooth Midland Main Line an east/wast Birmingham/Leicester/Cambridge CrossCountry railwey lines an the confluence o the M1/M69 motorways an the A6/A46 trunk routes.

 Etymologie 
The name "Leicester" is thocht tae derive frae the wirds castra o the "Ligore", meanin a camp on the River Legro, an early name for the River Soar. Leicester appears in the Domesday Book as "Ledecestre". Leicester continued tae grow throuoot the Early Modren period as a mercat toun, awtho it wis the Industrial Revolution that facilitatit an unparalleled process o unplanned urbanisation in the aurie.

 Sister ceeties 
Leicester haes a nummer o twin/sister ceties, thir are:
 Strasbourg (Fraunce),
 Krefeld (Germany),
 Haskovo (Bulgarie),
 Masaya (Nicaragua),
 Rajkot (Indie) an
 Chongqing (Cheenae)

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Category:Local govrenment in Leicestershire
Category:Unitar authority destricts o Ingland
Category:50 establishments
Category:Ceeties in the East Midlands
Category:Coonty touns in Ingland
Category:Local govrenment destricts o the East Midlands