Brighton and Hove
City of Brighton and Hove | |
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Clockwise, from top: the seafront; the bandstand; Falmer Stadium; the Peace Statue; Churchill Square | |
![]() Brighton and Hove shown within East Sussex and England | |
Coordinates: 50°49′40″N 0°09′10″W / 50.82778°N 0.15278°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | South East England |
Historic county | Sussex |
Ceremonial county | East Sussex |
Administrative seat | Hove |
Established | 1 April 1997 |
City status | 31 January 2001 |
Government | |
• Type | Unitary authority |
• Body | Brighton and Hove City Council |
• Governance | Committee system (L) |
• Executive | Labour |
• Leader | Bella Sankey |
• Mayor | Mohammed Asaduzzaman |
• MPs | Peter Kyle (L) Siân Berry (G) Chris Ward (L) |
Area | |
• City and unitary authority | 33.80 sq mi (83 km2) |
• Urban | 34.5 sq mi (89.4 km2) |
• Rank | 211th |
Population (2022) | |
• City and unitary authority | 277,965 |
• Rank | 59th |
• Density | 8,690/sq mi (3,356/km2) |
• Urban | 474,485 (15th) |
• Urban density | 13,740/sq mi (5,304/km2) |
• Metro | 769,000 (15th) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
• Ethnic groups | |
Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC±0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
Postcode areas | BN (1, 2, 3, 41) |
ONS code | 00ML (ONS) E06000043 (GSS) |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-BNH |
Website | brighton-hove |
Brighton and Hove (/ˈbraɪtən ... ˈhoʊv/ BRY-tən … HOHV) is a unitary authority with city status in East Sussex, England. There are multiple villages alongside the seaside resorts of Brighton and Hove in the district. It is administered by Brighton and Hove City Council, which is currently under Labour majority control.
The two resorts, along with Worthing and Littlehampton in West Sussex, make up the second most-populous built-up area of South East England, after South Hampshire. In 2014, Brighton and Hove City Council and other nearby councils formed the Greater Brighton City Region local enterprise partnership area.[2]