Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, aften abbreviate tae RBKC, is a central Lunnon burgh o Ryal burgh status. It is the walthiest burgh in Ingland bi some distance.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | |
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Lunnon burgh, Ryal burgh | |
Kensington and Chelsea shown athin Greater Lunnon | |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Constituent kintra | Ingland |
Region | Lunnon |
Ceremonial coonty | Greater Lunnon |
Status | Lunnon burgh, Ryal burgh |
Admin HQ | Kensington |
Incorporatit | 1 Aprile 1965 |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Lunnon borough cooncil |
• Bodi | Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council |
• Leadership | Leader & Cabinet (Conservative) |
• Mayor | Cllr James Husband |
• MPs | Greg Hands (Con) Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Con) |
• Lunnon Assembly | Kit Malthouse (Con) AM for West Central London |
• EU Parliament | Lunnon |
Area | |
• Total | 12.13 km2 (4.68 sq mi) |
Area rank | 325t (o 326) |
Population (mid-2016 est.) | |
• Rank | 121st (o 326) |
• Ethnicity[1] | 39.3% White Breetish 2.3% White Erse |
Time zone | UTC0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcodes | NW, SW, W |
Area code(s) | 020 |
Polis force | Metropolitan Polis |
Website | www |
It is an urban aurie an wis namit in the 2001 census as the maist densely populatit local authority in the Unitit Kinrick, wi a population o 158,919 at 13,244 per square kilometre (the land aurie is thareaboot 12 square kilometre, makkin it the smawest o the Lunnon boroughs, excludin the Ceety o Lunnon).
The borough is immediately wastlins o the Ceety o Wastmeenster, whilk is at the hert o modren Lunnon, an eastlins o Hammersmith & Fulham, an itsel conteens a substantial nummer o ceety centre facilities lik major museums an varsities (in "Albertopolis"), depairtment stores lik Harrods, Peter Jones an Harvey Nichols, is hame tae the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's lairgest carnival, an several Embassies in its Belgravia, Knightsbridge an Kensington Gardens destricts. It forby conteens mony o the maist exclusive residential destricts in Lunnon, whilk is forby some o the maist expensive in the warld.
The local authority is Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council. The Ryal borough's slogan is Quam Bonum in Unum Habitare, whilk translates thareaboot as 'Hou guid it is tae dwell in unity'.