Exeter

Exeter
City and district of England
Clockwise from top: Exeter Cathedral; Southernhay; Sidwell Street in the city centre; Exeter Quay; Royal Albert Memorial Museum; The Iron Bridge
Coat of arms Wordmark
Motto:  Semper fidelis (Always faithful)
The District of Exeter including Topsham shown within Devon
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Coordinates: 50°43′32″N 03°31′37″W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	South West England
Ceremonial and shire county	Devon
City status	Time immemorial
Non-metropolitan district	1974
Government
• Type	City council
• Body	Exeter City Council
• MP	Steve Race (Labour) & David Reed (Conservative)
Area
• Total	47.04 km2 (18.16 sq mi)
• Rank	274th (of 326)
Population  (2005 est.)
• Total	129,800
• Rank	167th (of 326)
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,100/sq mi)
• Demonyms	Exonian
• Ethnicity (2011)	93.05% White 88.32% White British 0.53% White Irish 0.08% Romani people or Irish Traveller 4.12% Other White   1.65% Mixed 0.34% White and Black Caribbean 0.24% White and Black African 0.66% White and Asian 0.41% Other mixed   3.90% Asian 0.80% Indian 0.14% Pakistani 0.19% Bangladeshi 1.70% Chinese 1.07% Other Asian   0.57% Black 0.42% Black African 0.11% Black Caribbean 0.04% Other Black   0.83% Other 0.56% Arab 0.28% Other
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode district	EX1-6
Area code	01392
Website	exeter.gov.uk

Rougemont Castle ruins

Exeter is a city in South West England on the River Exe, from which it takes its name. It is the county town of Devon. Around 130,000 people live there. In the city are a ruined castle, much of the old Roman city wall, and Exeter Cathedral.

History

Exeter was built by the Romans, who called it Isca Dumnoniorum (Isca of the Dumnonii, the local British tribe). After the Romans left and the Anglo-Saxons moved into the area in the seventh century, the name changed to Exeter. In the 1060s, Exeter was a centre of resistance to the Norman conquest.

In 1050, the Bishop of Crediton moved to Exeter; from then until 1876 the bishops were the heads of the Church of England in the whole of Devon and Cornwall. Now, only Devon is within the Exeter diocese.

Today

Today it is home to the Met Office, which forecasts the country's weather.