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London is a county_province place. That's all for now.

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Description

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of 9,841,000 in 2025. Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 15.1 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a 50-mile tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years.

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In London

Lived 24 Located

Private person

from 2019

Adele

1988-05-05 – 2012

Alan Rickman

1946 – 2016

Alexei Sayle

from 1980

Charles Babbage

1791 – 1871

Charles Dickens

1814 – 1870

Chris Lowis

from 2009

David Attenborough

from 1926-05-08

Heather Mills

1993 – 2008

Jimi Hendrix

1966 – 1969

Jimmy Wales

from 2008

John Reith

1922 – 1938

Keir Starmer

from 1986

Private person

from 1981

Private person

from 2025

Margaret Thatcher

1959 – 2013

Private person

from 1989-07

Pattie Boyd

from 1944

Paul McCartney

1963 – 1970

Private person

from 2006-02

Samuel Johnson

1737 – 1784

Stephen Fry

from 1982

Tony Blair

1997 – 2007

Winston Churchill

1882 – 1965-01-24

To this span

Samuel Johnson lived in London 1737 1784

Charles Babbage lived in London 1791 1871

Charles Dickens lived in London 1814 1870

Winston Churchill lived in London 1882 January 24, 1965

John Reith lived in London 1922 1938

David Attenborough lived in London May 8, 1926

Pattie Boyd lived in London 1944

Alan Rickman lived in London 1946 2016

Margaret Thatcher lived in London 1959 2013

Paul McCartney lived in London 1963 1970

Jimi Hendrix lived in London 1966 1969

Alexei Sayle lived in London 1980

Stephen Fry lived in London 1982

Keir Starmer lived in London 1986

Adele lived in London May 5, 1988 2012

Heather Mills lived in London 1993 2008

Tony Blair lived in London 1997 2007

Jimmy Wales lived in London 2008

Super moon over City of London from Tate Modern 2018-01-31 4 features London

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Name: London

Slug: london

Type: Place

Subtype: county province

Coordinates

51.507446, -0.127765

Geolocation data

Label: Greater London, England, United Kingdom
OSM: relation 175342
Place type: administrative

Wikidata

Location levels

Admin	Name	Type
2	United Kingdom	country
4	England	state
8	Greater London, England, United Kingdom current	administrative

Place relations

Geo-aware both

Contains 3 places

Suburb

Brixton, London, UK Herne Hill Kilburn, London

Inside

Administrative

England United Kingdom

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Sources

Direct Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/175342