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Leeds metropolitan district is one of five very large metropolitan authorities which make up West Yorkshire and is in the north-east corner of the county.

As well as the city of Leeds, the metropolitan district, created in 1974, is a 213 square mile (551.7 sq km)^ region including many surrounding towns and villages.

Continuing city expansion has seen Leeds merge itself into some of its nearest neighbours, but there are still many distinct towns and villages within the Leeds district and extensive agricultural areas, particularly to the north-east of the city.

The district population of 812,000* is about one-third of the total for West Yorkshire and about 13% of the population of the whole of Yorkshire.

Leeds metropolitan district is the second largest metropolitan district in England by area — after Doncaster in South Yorkshire and ahead of third-placed Kirklees in West Yorkshire. The administrative area is around double that of the Birmingham metropolitan district, more than four times the area of Liverpool metropolitan district and almost five times the area of Manchester or Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan districts.

^ Area figure from ONS Standard Area Measurements 2022 (converted from hectares).
* Population figure from Census 2021.
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Leeds metropolitan district X

Places in the Leeds metropolitan district are: