Exeter

Exeter
City and non-metropolitan district
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
Exeter Location within the United Kingdom Show map of the United Kingdom Exeter Location within England Show map of England Exeter Location in Devon Show map of Devon
Coordinates: 50°43′32″N 03°31′37″W / 50.72556°N 3.52694°W / 50.72556; -3.52694
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 [1]
• Total	18 sq mi (47 km2)
• Rank	246th (of 296)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	134,939
• Rank	175th (of 296)
• Density	7,400/sq mi (2,900/km2)
• Demonyms	Exonian
• Ethnicity (2011)[3]	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	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode district	EX1-6
Area code	01392
Website	exeter.gov.uk

Exeter (/ˈɛksɪtər/ ^ⓘ EK-sit-ər) is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately 36 mi (58 km) northeast of Plymouth and 65 mi (105 km) southwest of Bristol.

In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal command of Vespasian. Exeter became a religious centre in the Middle Ages. Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglican in the 16th-century English Reformation. Exeter became an affluent centre for the wool trade, although by the First World War the city was in decline. After the Second World War, much of the city centre was rebuilt and is now a centre for education, business and tourism in Devon and Cornwall. It is home to two of the constituent campuses of the University of Exeter: Streatham and St Luke's.

The administrative area of Exeter has the status of a non-metropolitan district under the administration of the County Council. It is the county town of Devon and home to the headquarters of Devon County Council. A plan to grant the city unitary authority status was scrapped by the 2010 coalition government.^[4]