Cambridge

Cambridge
City and non-metropolitan district
King's College Punts on the River Cam Great St Mary's Church Trinity Street
Coat of arms
Cambridge shown within Cambridgeshire
Coordinates: 52°12′18″N 00°07′21″E / 52.20500°N 0.12250°E / 52.20500; 0.12250
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	East of England
County	Cambridgeshire
City region	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Founded	c. 1209 as Granta Brygg
City status	1951
Administrative HQ	Cambridge Guildhall
Government [1]
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Body	Cambridge City Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Mike Davey (L)
• Mayor	Baiju Thittala
• MPs	Pippa Heylings (LD) Daniel Zeichner (L)
Area [2]
• Total	16 sq mi (41 km2)
• Rank	258th
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	146,995
• Rank	151st
• Density	9,360/sq mi (3,612/km2)
Demonym	Cantabrigian
Ethnicity (2021) [4]
• Ethnic groups	List 74.5% White 14.8% Asian 5.1% Mixed 2.4% Black 3.1% other
Religion (2021) [4]
• Religion	List 44.7% no religion 35.2% Christianity 5.1% Islam 2.3% Hinduism 1.1% Buddhism 0.7% Judaism 0.2% Sikhism 0.8% other 9.8% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	CB
Dialling codes	01223
GSS code	E07000008
Website	cambridge.gov.uk

Cambridge (/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ KAYM-brij)^[5] is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles (89 km) north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of the City of Cambridge was 145,700;^[6] the population of the wider built-up area (which extends outside the city council area) was 181,137.^[7] Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.

The city is well known as the home of the University of Cambridge, which was founded in 1209 and consistently ranks among the best universities in the world.^[8][9] The buildings of the university include King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library, one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world. The city's skyline is dominated by several college buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, and the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital. Anglia Ruskin University, which evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.

Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen or Cambridge Cluster, which contains industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. Over 40 per cent of the workforce have a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, includes the headquarters of AstraZeneca and the relocated Royal Papworth Hospital.^[10]

Cambridge produced the first 'Laws of the Game' for association football and was the site of the first game, which was held at Parker's Piece. The Strawberry Fair music and art festival and Midsummer Fair are held on Midsummer Common, and the annual Cambridge Beer Festival takes place on Jesus Green. The city is adjacent to the M11 and A14 roads.