Islington
The London Borough of Islington is a borough in North London, England. Forming part of Inner London, Islington has an estimated population of 215,667. It was formed in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, by the amalgamation of the metropolitan boroughs of Islington and Finsbury.
Photo: AlanFord, Public domain.- Type: Locality with 233,000 residents
- Description: borough in the London Region in England
- Also known as: “Borgo londinese di Islington”, “Borough de Islington”, “Burgul londonez Islington”, “GB-ISL”, “Insularis Villa”, “Islington (unparished area)”, “Islingtonia”, “London Borough d’Islington”, “London Borough of Islington”, “Londonski okraj Islington”, “Lunnon Borough o Islington”, “Ίσλινγκτον, δημοτικό διαμέρισμα του Λονδίνου”, “רובע איזלינגטון”, “آيزلنغتون”, “أيسلنغتون”, “ازلنغتون”, and “伊斯靈頓倫敦自治市”
- Neighbors: City of London and Hackney
Places of Interest
Highlights: London St Pancras International and Leicester Square.
Leicester Square
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hackney and Bloomsbury.
Bloomsbury
This article is about three neighbourhoods of central London: Bloomsbury, St Pancras and Fitzrovia.
Islington
- Categories: London borough and unparished area
- Location: Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.547° or 51° 32′ 49″ north
Longitude
-0.1094° or 0° 6′ 34″ west
Population
233,000
Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)
Abbreviation
“ISL”
Open location code
9C3XGVWR+R6
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Islington” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إزلنغتون”
- Armenian: “Իսլինգթոն”
- Basque: “Islington”
- Belarusian: “Ізлінгтан”
- Belarusian: “Ізьлінгтан”
- Bulgarian: “Ислингтън”
- Catalan: “Islington”
- Cebuano: “Islington”
- Chinese: “伊斯林頓倫敦自治市”
- Chinese: “伊斯灵顿伦敦区”
- Chinese: “伊斯灵顿区”
- Chinese: “伊斯靈頓區”
- Czech: “Islington”
- Danish: “Islington”
- Dutch: “Islington”
- Dutch: “London Borough of Islington”
- Esperanto: “Islington”
- Estonian: “Islingtoni linnaosa”
- Finnish: “Islington”
- French: “borough londonien d’Islington”
- French: “Borough londonien d’Islington”
- French: “Islington”
- Galician: “Islington”
- German: “Islington”
- German: “London Borough of Islington”
- Greek: “Ίσλινγκτον, Λονδίνο”
- Greek: “Ίσλινγκτον”
- Hebrew: “איזלינגטון”
- Hindi: “इस्लिंगटन बरो”
- Hungarian: “Islington kerület”
- Icelandic: “Islington”
- Irish: “Buirg Londan Islington”
- Italian: “Islington”
- Japanese: “イズリントン・ロンドン特別区”
- Japanese: “イズリントン区”
- Korean: “이즐링턴구”
- Latin: “Islingtonium”
- Latvian: “Izlingtona”
- Macedonian: “Излингтон”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Islington”
- Northern Frisian: “London Borough of Islington”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Islington”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “London Borough of Islington”
- Norwegian: “Islington”
- Occitan (post 1500): “London Borough of Islington”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gislandun se Lunden Burgscipe”
- Persian: “منطقه ایزلینگتون لندن”
- Polish: “London Borough of Islington”
- Portuguese: “Islington”
- Romanian: “Islington”
- Russian: “Ислингтон”
- Scots: “London Borough of Islington”
- Scots: “Lunnon Burgh o Islington”
- Serbian: “Лондонска општина Излингтон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Islington”
- Slovenian: “Islington”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایزلینقتون لندن منطقهسی”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Islington”
- Swedish: “London Borough of Islington”
- Tajik: “Ноҳияи Ислингтон”
- Ukrainian: “Ізлінгтон”
- Ukrainian: “Ізлінґтон”
- Urdu: “ازلنگٹن بورو”
- Urdu: “لندن بورو ازلنگٹن”
- Vietnamese: “Khu Islington của Luân Đôn”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Llundain Islington”
- Welsh: “Islington”
- Western Frisian: “Islington”
- Western Panjabi: “آئلنگٹن”
- Yiddish: “לאנדאנער בארא פון איזלינגטאן”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Highbury and St. Mary’s.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Highbury & Islington Underground Station and Highbury & Islington station.
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