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London

Also Known As Londinium (the Roman-founded settlement from which London grew)
Northern Europe

The capital and largest city of the United Kingdom, on the River Thames in southeastern England, and the seat of the UK Parliament and the Crown. The built-up area of Greater London is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of roughly 9.09 million as of 2024. In 1854 the physician John Snow traced a cholera outbreak in the Soho district to a single contaminated water pump on Broad Street, a founding episode of epidemiology conducted before germ theory itself was established.

Facts
Population
9,089,736 1
Corrected 2026-08-29 from an undated '2025 estimate' lead-section-cited figure (no population-year fact recorded) to the infobox's own precise figure, dated 2024 (Office for National Statistics Mid-Year Population Estimates, United Kingdom, June 2024).
Area (sq km)
1572 1
Founding Year
47 1
Roman founding as Londinium, per the infobox's own Established field.
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Latitude
51.50722 degrees north 1
Longitude
0.1275 degrees west 1
Connections

Associated With

England, States or Territories

london is associated with england.

Source London (Wikipedia)
River Thames, Bodies of Water

London sits on the tidal Thames below Teddington Lock; the river was the reason the Romans founded the city where they did.

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River Thames, Bodies of Water
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The British Isles, Regions

Greater London is the largest urban area in the British Isles.

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United Kingdom, Countries

London is the capital and largest city of the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom, Countries
Source London (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

England, States or Territories

london is the capital of england.

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United Kingdom, Countries

London is the capital of the United Kingdom.

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Cholera

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Source The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of HumanityRoy Portertier 1

Origin Of

Antony Gormley

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Arthur Hughes

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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for Arthur HughesBirth and Death Places
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Born: London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Augustus Pugin

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Caryl Churchill

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Charles Barry

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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Graham Sutherland

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Harold Pinter

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James Gillray

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Source James Gillray (Wikipedia)Early life
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was born in Chelsea, London
John Tenniel

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Source Getty Research Institute, Union List of Artist Names: Getty ULAN record for John TennielBirth and Death Places
Quote, Birth and Death Places
Born: London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom) (inhabited place)
Michael Cardew

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Quote, Wikipedia sections
Cardew was born in Wimbledon, London
Neoclassicism

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Pop Art

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Post-Impressionism

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Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

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Rachel Whiteread

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Stuckism

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William Blake

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William De Morgan

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William Hogarth

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William Staite Murray

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Yinka Shonibare

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Anglo-Irish Treaty

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Anglo-Japanese Alliance

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Charles III

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Entente Cordiale

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Source Entente Cordiale (Wikipedia)Background
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the written and partly secret agreement signed in London between the two powers on 8 April 1904
Jay Treaty

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Location Of

Crippen Case

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Jack the Ripper Murders

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The First Lambeth Conference

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Westminster Assembly

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Despenser War

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J Sainsbury plc

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J. Lyons and Co.

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registered_office_address.locality: London
Johnson Matthey Plc

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Kingfisher plc

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Legal & General Group plc

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Leopoldina Railway

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Linklaters

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Lloyd's of London

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London and North Eastern Railway

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London Film-Makers' Co-op

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LondonMetric Property plc

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Lottomatica Group

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M&G plc

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Magnum Photos

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Man Group plc

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Manga Entertainment

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Melrose Industries plc

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Metro Bank plc

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Millennium Hotels and Resorts

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Momentum Pictures

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Money.co.uk

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North Western of Uruguay Railway

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Norton Rose Fulbright

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Old Mutual

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Ottoman Railway Company

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Palisades Tartan

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Source Companies House: PALISADES TARTAN LIMITED (06648560) - Find and update company informationRegistered office address
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Registered office address 77 Beak Street, Suite 152, London, W1F 9DB
Pearson plc

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Playlouder

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Polar Capital Technology Trust

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Pret A Manger

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PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Prudential plc

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RELX plc

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Rentokil Initial plc

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Reuters

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Revolut Group Holdings Ltd

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Rightmove plc

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Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway

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Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

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Rootes Group

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Savills plc

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Schroders plc

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Selection Trust

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Sinclair Research

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Smiths Group plc

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Sohonet

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Standard Bank Group Limited

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Standard Life plc

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Straight Corporation

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StudioCanal UK

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Malaria No More UK

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Cockney

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Sources
1. London (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    with a population of 9.14 million people in 2025
  • Infobox
    Settled by Romans: AD 47; 1979 years ago (47), as Londinium
  • Infobox, coordinates
    51°30′26″N 0°7′39″W / 51.50722°N 0.12750°W
  • Infobox, Established
    Settled by Romans AD 47
  • Infobox, Population
    (2024) ... Total 9,089,736
  • Lead section, admin-division claim
    London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.14 million people in 2025.
  • Capital Of: United Kingdom, Lead section, capital fact
    London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9.14 million people in 2025.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
Wikidata: London
Wikidata Q84, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
River Thames (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: River ThamesView the Source
British Isles (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The British Isles, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: The British Isles, Lead section
The largest urban area by far is the Greater London Built-up Area with 9 million inhabitants.
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