| Nottingham is a city in the East Midlands region
of England. It is located in the county of Nottinghamshire and is
one of only eight members of the English Core Cities Group.
Whilst the City of Nottingham authority has a historically tightly-drawn
boundary which accounts for its relatively small population of
288,700, the wider Nottingham Urban Area has a population of 667,000
and is the seventh largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
Nottingham is famed for its links with the Robin Hood legend
and, during the Industrial Revolution, obtained worldwide recognition
for its lace-making industry. It was granted its city charter
as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria
in 1897.
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