North Lincolnshire
Borough in Lincolnshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446.[2] The administrative centre and largest settlement is Scunthorpe, and the borough also includes the towns of Brigg, Broughton, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Winterton, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton-upon-Humber. North Lincolnshire is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region.
North Lincolnshire | |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Ceremonial county | Lincolnshire |
Admin. HQ | Scunthorpe |
Government | |
• Body | North Lincolnshire Council |
• Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
• Executive: | Conservative |
• MPs: | Andrew Percy (C) Holly Mumby-Croft (C) Martin Vickers (C) |
Area | |
• Total | 327 sq mi (847 km2) |
• Rank | 38th |
Population (2022) | |
• Total | 170,042 |
• Rank | Ranked 121st |
• Density | 520/sq mi (200/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
• Ethnic groups | |
Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
Postcode | |
ONS code | 00FD (ONS) E06000013 (GSS) |
Website | northlincs |
North Lincolnshire was formed following the abolition of Humberside County Council in 1996, when four unitary authorities replaced it, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, and the East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull on the north bank.
It is home to the Haxey Hood, a traditional event which takes place in Haxey on 6 January, a large football scrum where a leather tube (the "hood") is pushed to one of four pubs, where it remains until next year's game.