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Leicester: Area, History and Background

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Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

• Leicester is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands area of England.
• It is also the county town of Leicestershire.
• Leicester lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest.
• In 2006, the population of it was estimated at 289,700, the largest in the East Midlands.
• Leicester is the 10th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom.
• It is the fifteenth largest conurbation in the UK.
• Leicester's the second largest in the region behind the Nottingham Urban Area.
• Ancient Roman pavements and baths remain in it from its early settlement as Ratae Corieltauvorum, a Roman military outpost.
• Leicester appears in the Domesday Book as "Ledecestre".
• It continued to grow throughout the Early Modern period as a market town.
• A newly constructed rail and canal network routed through the area stimulated industrial growth in the 19th century, and Leicester became a major economic centre with a variety of manufactories in engineering, shoemaking and hosiery production.
• Today, it is located on Midland Main Line and close to the M1 motorway.
• Leicester has a large ethnic minority population, particularly of South Asian origin, a product of immigration to the United Kingdom since the Second World War.
• To cater for the South Asian community, there are many Hindu, Sikh and Muslim places of worship and the Melton Road district serves as a focus, containing large numbers of Asian restaurants and other small businesses.
• Leicester is a centre for higher education, with both Leicester University and De Montfort University being based in the city.
• It is one of the oldest cities in England, with a history going back at least 2000 years.
• Leicester was a Parliamentarian stronghold during the English Civil War.
• Since the war it has experienced large scale immigration from across the world.
• Immigrant groups today make up around 40% of Leicester's population, making Leicester one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the United Kingdom.
• Many Polish servicemen were prevented from returning to their homeland after the war by the communist regime, and they established a small community in it.