Loughborough
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 46 ′ N , 1 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | SK536195 | ||
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| Residents | 59,317 (as of 2012) | ||
| language | English | ||
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| Post town | LEICESTER | ||
| ZIP code section | LE11, LE12 | ||
| prefix | 01509 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | East Midlands | ||
| Shire county | Leicestershire | ||
| Unitary authority | Leicester | ||
| District | Borough of Charnwood | ||
| British Parliament | Leicestershire | ||
| Website: loughborough.co.uk | |||
Loughborough [ˈlʌfb (ə) ɹə] is a university and industrial town with about 57,600 inhabitants (as of 2004) in Leicestershire , England , about 17 kilometers north of Leicester . Loughborough is the administrative seat of the Borough of Charnwood subdistrict .
history
The area was already settled in pre-Roman times and had an important wool market in the 13th century.
education
The largest employer is Loughborough University , a former technical college, which is now best known for its outstanding sports faculty, but is also one of the best-rated in the UK university system in media, communication and library studies.
economy
Important industrial companies have specialized in the construction of electrical appliances and the construction of railway wagons. The market for products from the agricultural environment is also large.
Thomas Cook founded in 1841 to mass tourism with the organization of a trip for 570 people to Loughborough from nearby Leicester .
Twin cities
Sister cities are:
- Épinal , Vosges department , France
- Gembloux , Namur Province , Belgium
- Schwäbisch Hall , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
- Zamość , Lublin Voivodeship , Poland
- Bhavnagar , Gujarat , India
Personalities
born in Loughborough :
- John Cleveland (1613-1658), poet
- Arthur Donald Walsh (1916–1977), chemist
- Connor Glennon (* 1993), tennis player
- Hamza Choudhury (born 1997), football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ John O'Leary: The Times Good University Guide 2007 , Times Books, London June 2006, ISBN 0007231482
- ↑ Twinned With - Twin Towns, Town Twinning Twinned Cities. Retrieved April 28, 2019 .