Lancaster
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| Państwo |  Wielka Brytania | ||
| Kraj |  Anglia | ||
| Hrabstwo | Lancashire | ||
| Dystrykt | Lancaster | ||
| Populacja • liczba ludności | 52 234 | ||
| Nr kierunkowy | 01524 | ||
| Kod pocztowy | LA1, LA2 | ||
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 54°02′49″N 2°47′54″W/54,046944 -2,798333 | |||
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Lancaster – miasto w hrabstwie Lancashire, w dystrykcie Lancaster, w północno-zachodniej Anglii, którego liczba ludności wynosi 52 234 (2011)[1].
Miasto leży nad rzeką Lune (skąd pochodzi nazwa miasta). Z kolei człon -caster pochodzi od łac. castra – „obóz”[2]. Do 1974 r. było centrum administracyjnym hrabstwa. Nad miastem góruje zamek (Lancaster Castle), zbudowany częściowo w XIII w. i rozbudowany za czasów Elżbiety I, stojący w dawnym miejscu stacjonowania garnizonu rzymskiego. Lancaster jest wspomniana w Domesday Book (1086) jako Loncastre[3].
W mieście znajduje się stacja kolejowa Lancaster, na południu miasta uniwersytet Lancaster University.
Gospodarka
W mieście rozwinął się przemysł metalowy, włókienniczy, chemiczny, obuwniczy oraz meblarski[4].
Ciekawe miejsca
- Lancaster Castle
- Lune Millennium Bridge
- Williamson Park
- Ashton Memorial
- The Storey Institute
- The Judges Lodgings
- Quayside Maritine Museum
Miasta partnerskie
Lublin, Polska
Viana do Castelo, Portugalia
Almere, Holandia
Aalborg, Dania
Perpignan, Francja
Rendsburg, Niemcy
Växjö, Szwecja
Przypisy
- ↑ Lancaster City is made up of 9 wards (Bulk, Duke, Castle, Skerton East and West, Scotforth East and West, University and John O’Gaunt http://www.ukcensusdata.com/lancaster-e07000121#sthash.sGUu3f28.LVIHxslk.dpbs.
- ↑ Cienkowski, W. P., Sekrety imion własnych, Państwowe Zakłady Wydawnictw Szkolnych, Warszawa 1965, s. 137.
- ↑ The Domesday Book online.
- ↑ Lancaster, [w:] Encyklopedia PWN [online] [dostęp 2021-07-18].
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Lancashire UK location map.svg
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, CC BY-SA 3.0
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, CC BY-SA 3.0
Map of Lancashire, UK with the following information shown:
- Administrative borders
- Coastline, lakes and rivers
- Roads and railways
- Urban areas
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Geographic limits:
- West: 3.13W
- East: 2.03W
- North: 54.25N
- South: 53.47N
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The Coat of arms of Lancaster City Council, the local government authority for the City of Lancaster, a district of Lancashire, England. The blazon is:
ARMS: Per fess wavy Argent and Azure a Fess wavy between in chief a Lion passant guardant and in base a Fleur-de-Lys counterchanged.
CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Morecombe Bay Fishing Boat sail set proper five Roses in fess Gules barbed and seeded proper.
SUPPORTERS: On either side a Lion guardant Azure that on the dexter gorged with a Collar pendent therefrom by a Ring Or a Grey Stone Castle of three Towers proper that on the sinister gorged with a like Collar pendent therefrom by a like Ring a Railway Engine Wheel proper each resting the interior hind foot on a Garb fesswise the ears inward Or.
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The Coat of arms of Lancaster City Council, the local government authority for the City of Lancaster, a district of Lancashire, England. The blazon is:
ARMS: Per fess wavy Argent and Azure a Fess wavy between in chief a Lion passant guardant and in base a Fleur-de-Lys counterchanged.
CREST: On a Wreath of the Colours in front of a Morecombe Bay Fishing Boat sail set proper five Roses in fess Gules barbed and seeded proper.
SUPPORTERS: On either side a Lion guardant Azure that on the dexter gorged with a Collar pendent therefrom by a Ring Or a Grey Stone Castle of three Towers proper that on the sinister gorged with a like Collar pendent therefrom by a like Ring a Railway Engine Wheel proper each resting the interior hind foot on a Garb fesswise the ears inward Or.