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{{Short description|City in South Yorkshire, England}}
{{See also|Sheffield|Sheffield City Region}}
{{Other uses|Sheffield (disambiguation)}}
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| established_date2       = 1893
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| leader_name1            = Tom Hunt ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
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| leader_name2            = Colin Ross
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| leader_name3            = Kate Josephs
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 {{Collapsible list | title = 6 MPs
 | [[Clive Betts]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Olivia Blake]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Abtisam Mohamed]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Marie Tidball]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Gill Furniss]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
 | [[Louise Haigh]] ([[Labour Party (UK)|L]])
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 | 79.1% [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]
 | 9.6% [[British Asians|Asian]]
 | 4.6% [[Black British people|Black]]
 | 3.5% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]]
 | 3.2% [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|other]]
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 | 43.4% [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|no religion]]
 | 38.5% [[Religion in England#Christianity|Christianity]]
 | 10.3% [[Islam in England|Islam]]
 | 0.7% [[Hinduism in England|Hinduism]]
 | 0.4% [[Buddhism in England|Buddhism]]
 | 0.2% [[Sikhism in England|Sikhism]]
 | 0.1% [[History of the Jews in England|Judaism]]
 | 0.5% [[Religion in England|other]]
 | 6.0% not stated
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The '''City of Sheffield''' is a [[metropolitan borough]] with [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]] in [[South Yorkshire]], England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of [[Sheffield]], the town of [[Stocksbridge]] and the larger village of [[Chapeltown, South Yorkshire|Chapeltown]] and part of the [[Peak District]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Van den Berg|2006|p=179}}.</ref> It has a population of {{English district population|GSS=E08000019}} ({{English statistics year}}),<ref name="popstats"/> making it technically the fourth [[List of English districts by population|largest city]] in England by population behind [[Birmingham]], [[City of Leeds|Leeds]] and [[Manchester]], since [[London]] is not considered a single entity. It is governed by [[Sheffield City Council]].

The current city boundaries were set on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the [[Local Government Act 1972]], as part of a reform of [[local government in England]]. The city is a [[Merger (politics)|merger]] of two former local government districts; the unitary [[County Borough of Sheffield|City and County Borough of Sheffield]] combined with the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] of [[Stocksbridge Urban District|Stocksbridge]] and parts of the [[rural district]] of [[Wortley Rural District|Wortley]] from the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/1|title=Local Government Act 1972|publisher=[[legislation.gov.uk]]|accessdate=1 July 2022}}</ref>

For its first 12 years, the city had a two-tier system of local government; Sheffield City Council shared power with [[South Yorkshire County Council]]. Since the [[Local Government Act 1985]] Sheffield City Council has effectively been a [[unitary authority]], serving as the sole [[Executive (government)|executive]], [[Deliberation|deliberative]] and [[legislature|legislative]] body responsible for local policy, setting [[council tax]], and allocating budget in the city, and is a member of the [[Sheffield City Region|Sheffield City Region Partnership]]. The City of Sheffield is divided into three [[civil parish]]es and a single [[unparished area]].

==Geography==
{{Main|Geography of Sheffield}}

The present city boundaries were set in 1974 (with slight modification in 1994), when the former [[county borough]] of Sheffield merged with [[Stocksbridge]] [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]] and two parishes from the [[Wortley Rural District]].<ref name="sheffgeog">{{cite web|url=https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/sheffield-profile/introduction.html|title=City Profile Introduction|date=31 January 2013|publisher=Sheffield City Council|access-date=13 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019173822/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/sheffield-profile/introduction.html|archive-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> This area includes a significant part of the countryside surrounding the main urban region. Roughly a third of Sheffield lies in the [[Peak District|Peak District National Park]]. No other English city had parts of a national park within its boundary,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/index/news/news-display-page.htm?id=19530|title=New village officer will boost rural communities|date=22 June 2009|publisher=Peak District National Park Authority|access-date=7 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720112718/http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/index/news/news-display-page.htm?id=19530|archive-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> until the creation in March 2010 of the [[South Downs National Park]], part of which lies within [[Brighton and Hove]].

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File:Rivelin Valley - geograph.org.uk - 171316.jpg|alt=Rivelin Valley|[[Rivelin Valley]]
File:Gleadless Valley view.jpg|alt=Rivelin Valley|[[Gleadless]] Valley, demonstrating the hilly terrain within the city
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==Governance==
[[Sheffield City Council]] is the local authority for the district. The council is composed of 84 councillors, three for each of the city's 28 [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|ward]]s. It is currently under [[No overall control|No Overall Control]]. The city was under Labour control from its creation until 1999, when the Liberal Democrats took control of the council. The Labour Party regained control of the council in 2002 with power shifting back to the Liberal Democrats in 2008. However, Labour took control once again in 2011. Following the 2021 elections, the council is now in No Overall Control.  As a [[metropolitan county]], South Yorkshire does not have a county council, so Sheffield City Council is the primary provider of local government services. The district forms part of the [[Yorkshire and the Humber]] region of England.

The area of the former county borough of Sheffield is [[unparished area|unparished]] with no lower tier of government and there are three [[civil parish]]es with [[Parish councils in England|parish councils]], the lowest tier of local government. The civil parishes are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/yorkshireandthehumber/admin/|publisher=CityPopulation.de|access-date=15 May 2021|title=Yorkshire and the Humber Local Authority districts and parishes}}</ref> [[Bradfield, South Yorkshire|Bradfield]], [[Ecclesfield]] and [[Stocksbridge]].

The district is represented by five [[Member of parliament|MP]]s, for the constituencies of [[Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough]], [[Sheffield Central]], [[Sheffield Hallam (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Hallam]], [[Sheffield Heeley]], and [[Sheffield South East]], all currently represented by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]. The constituency of [[Penistone and Stocksbridge]] is partially in the City of Sheffield and is also represented by the Labour Party.

==Demography==
{{Main|Demographics of Sheffield}}

The latest ({{English statistics year}}) population estimate for the City of Sheffield is {{English district population|GSS=E08000019}} residents.<ref name="neighbourhood statistics">{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276794&c=Sheffield&d=13&e=13&g=365736&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1237 |title=Sheffield Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group and Sex, All Persons |access-date=25 October 2009 |work=National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics }}</ref>

==Transport==
{{Main|Transport in Sheffield}}

Parts of the city are covered by the [[Sheffield Supertram]] [[light rail]] [[tram]] network.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

'''Bibliography'''

{{Refbegin}} 
* {{cite book | title=The Safe City: Safety and Urban Development in European Cities|first=Leo|last=Van den Berg | publisher=Ashgate | year=2006 | isbn= 978-0-7546-4723-2}}
{{refend}}

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