Blaby District

Blaby District
Non-metropolitan district
Blaby, the village which the district is named after although Narborough is the administrative centre of the district.
Shown within Leicestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Leicestershire
Admin. HQ	Narborough
Government
• Type	Blaby District Council
• MPs:	Edward Argar, Alberto Costa
Area
• Total	50 sq mi (130 km2)
• Rank	175th
Population  (2022)
• Total	104,182
• Rank	Ranked 227th
• Density	2,100/sq mi (800/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 86.2% White 8.3% Asian 2.7% Mixed 1.5% Black 1.3% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 45.9% Christianity 45% no religion 7.6% other 1.5% Islam
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	31UB (ONS) E07000129 (GSS)
Ethnicity	94.3% White

Blaby is a local government district in Leicestershire, England. The district is named after the village of Blaby, although the council is based in Narborough. The district covers an area lying south-west of the city of Leicester. Several of the district's settlements form part of the wider Leicester Urban Area, including Glenfield, where Leicestershire County Council has its headquarters at County Hall, and the town of Braunstone.

The neighbouring districts are Hinckley and Bosworth, Charnwood, Leicester, Oadby and Wigston, Harborough and Rugby.