Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of
England. It is the most populous British city outside London with 1,085,400
residents (2012 est.), and its population increase of 88,400 residents between
the 2001 and 2011 censuses was greater than that of any other British local
authority. The city lies within the West Midlands Built-up Area, the third most
populous built-up area in the United Kingdom with 2,440,986 residents (2011
census), and its metropolitan area is the United Kingdom's second most populous
with 3,701,107 residents (2012 est.).
A medium-sized market town during
