collection of 100: 20 opinions

Leeds is a very cold place


Leeds is a Northern place but not nearly as Northern as Manchester


Leeds is nothing but hills


Leeds is full of homeless people


Leeds is home to the best Graphic design course in the country and possibly the world at leeds college of art


Leeds is alive


Leeds brings people together


Leeds is shit in comparison to London


I love leeds nights out there the best by far


I have no great love for it


I found it grey, full of concrete and cars and no sign of green. But I've only been there 100 times by rail, so I must have missed the nice bits. At least the rain isn't as bad as Manchester, and the people are not so miserable. But its close. One might commit suicide in Leeds after 2 days.


Leeds is in England,
The UK is Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & England altogether,
It's a fine English City.

collection of 100: 20 facts

That in October 1880 Louis le Prince recorded the very first moving images with a Leeds back garden as his subject

The natives of Leeds are known as Loiners and the name "Leeds" came from "Loidis", a word of Celtic origin.

Leeds has more females than males.




For every 100 females in leeds there are 93.5 males

Kirkgate Market in Leeds is where Michael Marks first opened his Penny Bazaar (1884) which was to lead, ultimately, to the foundation of Marks & Spencer, in 1890.

750,000 people make Leeds the second-largest metropolitan district in England.

Leeds has a GVA of £15.4bn

Service industries as a whole account for over 80% of total employment, including the city's largest employers: Leeds City Council (33,000); Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (14,000); and in the private sector companies such as ASDA, Yorkshire Bank, Ventura (all with their HQ's here); Barclays, Natwest, HSBC and TSB Lloyds Banks, British Gas and BT (all with their regional offices here).

Leeds is the ‘capital city’ of Yorkshire & Humber; it’s also the financial capital of the North, and one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. Some of the country's leading household names in banking and insurance services are based in the city: First Direct, GE Capital, Alliance & Leicester, Halifax Direct and Direct Line.

Leeds is a major employment centre for adjacent districts. Out of a total workforce in West Yorkshire of 936,000, nearly half (that’s 442,000 people) work in Leeds.

1881	160,109
1891	177,523
1901	177,920
1911	259,394
1921	269,665
1931	482,809
1941	war #
1951	505,219
1961	510,676

Population (2008 est.)
- Total	770,800 (Ranked 2nd)
- Density	3,574/sq mi (1,380/km2)
- Ethnicity(2001 census)[3]	89.1% White 5.4% Asian or Asian British 2.0% Black or Black British 1.7% Mixed Race 1.8% Chinese and other

Leeds shown within England

Coordinates: 53°47′59″N 1°32′57″W

Government
- Type	Metropolitan borough,City
- Governing body	Leeds City Council
- Lord Mayor	Cllr James McKenna (L)
- Leader of the Council	Cllr Keith Wakefield (L)
- Chief Executive	Paul Rogerson
- MPs:	Stuart Andrew (C) Ed Balls (L)Hilary Benn (L)Fabian Hamilton (L)George Mudie (L)Greg Mulholland (LD)Rachel Reeves (L) Alec Shelbrooke (C)

Area
- Total	213 sq mi (551.72 km2)

Highest elevation[1]	1,115 ft (340 m)
Lowest elevation[2]	33 ft (10 m)

[hide]Climate data for Leeds
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	5.9 (42.6)	8.7 (47.7)	11.3 (52.3)	15.0 (59)	18.2 (64.8)	19.9 (67.8)	19.9 (67.8)	17.3 (63.1)	13.4 (56.1)	8.8 (47.8)	6.7 (44.1)	12.58 (54.64)
Average low °C (°F)	0.3 (32.5)	0.2 (32.4)	1.6 (34.9)	3.1 (37.6)	5.5 (41.9)	8.5 (47.3)	10.4 (50.7)	10.5 (50.9)	8.7 (47.7)	6.3 (43.3)	2.9 (37.2)	1.2 (34.2)	4.93 (40.88)
Precipitation mm (inches)	61 (2.4)	45 (1.77)	52 (2.05)	48 (1.89)	54 (2.13)	54 (2.13)	51 (2.01)	65 (2.56)	57 (2.24)	55 (2.17)	57 (2.24)	61 (2.4)	660 (25.98)
Avg. snowy days	6	10	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	28
Sunshine hours	31	58	93	155	186	180	186	155	120	62	30	31	1,287
Source: [52] Sources: http://www.yorkshire-forward.com/our-wonderful-region/our-cities/Leeds-the-facts http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/features/facts/index.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds