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Luton Borough of Luton | |
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 Luton shown athin Bedfordshire | |
| Coordinates: 51°54′0″N 0°26′0″W / 51.90000°N 0.43333°WCoordinates: 51°54′0″N 0°26′0″W / 51.90000°N 0.43333°W | |
| Kintra | Unitit Kinrick |
| Constituent aurie | Ingland |
| Region | East o Ingland |
| Ceremonial coonty | Bedfordshire |
| Burgh | Luton |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Burgh |
| • Govrenin body | Luton Borough Council |
| • Executive: | Labour |
| • Mayor | Sydney Knight |
| • MPs | Kelvin Hopkins (L) Gavin Shuker (L) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43.35 km2 (16.74 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 225,262 |
| • Density | 4696/km2 (12,160/sq mi) |
| • ethnicity | 68.0% White 18.9% S.Asie 7.3% Black 3.1% Mixed Race 2.5% E.Asian and Other |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | Breetish Simmer Time |
| Postcode Aurie | |
| Area code(s) | (01582) |
| ONS code | 00KA |
| Demonym | Lutonians |
| Website | www.luton.gov.uk |
Luton (pronounced /ˈluːtən/ (deprecatit template) or locally /ˈluːʔən/) is a lairge toun an unitar authority o Bedfordshire, Ingland, 30 miles (51 kilometres) north o Lunnon. Luton an its near neighbours, Dunstable an Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Aurie wi a population o ower 240,000.[3][4]
Luton is hame tae Blue Square Premier team Luton Town Football Club, whose history includes several spells in the top flicht o the Inglis league as well as a Football League Cup triumph in 1988. They play at Kenilworth Road stadium, which haes been their hame syne 1905.
London Luton Airport, opened in 1938, is ane o Ingland's major airports. Durin the Seicont Warld War it doubled as an RAF base.
The University o Bedfordshire is based in the toun.
The Luton Carnival, held on the late Maey bank holiday, is the lairgest ane-day carnival in Europe.
The toun wis for mony years famous for hat-makin an wis an aa hame tae a lairge Vauxhall Motors factory; the heid office o Vauxhall Motors is still situatit in the towun. Caur production at the plant began in 1905 an continued till 2002, but commercial vehicle production remains.
- ↑ Leadership=Mayor & Cabinet
Executive=Labour - ↑ ONS estimates for total population and density in 2011 and ethnicity in 2009. See the Demografie section abuin for further information.
- ↑ Luton Borough Council, 2009 Mid year population estimates for Luton Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Central Bedfordshire Council, Central Bedfordshire’s population. Dunstable 35,120. Houghton Regis 16,670.