| Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in
the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the second-most
populous British city with a population of 1,010,200 (2005 estimate)
and forms part of the larger West Midlands metropolitan area, which
has a population of 2,284,093 (2001 census).
The city has developed into a national commercial centre, being
named as the third-best place in the United Kingdom to locate
a business, and the 21st best in Europe by Cushman & Wakefield
in 2007. Also in 2007, Birmingham was ranked as the 55th-most
livable city in the world and the second most in the UK, according
to the Mercer Index of worldwide standards of living.
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