What is Leicester?
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at zSettlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> |name = Leicester |official_name = City of Leicester |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |settlement_type = City and Unitary Authority Area |nickname = |motto =''Semper Eadem'' <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Leicester landmarks montage.jpg |imagesize = 280px |image_caption = Montage of places in Leicester: (clockwise from top-left) [[Jewry Wall]], [[National Space Centre]], [[Victoria Park, Leicester|Leicester War Memorial]], [[Leicester City Centre|Central Leicester]], [[Curve (theatre)|Curve theatre]], [[Leicester Cathedral]] and [[Leicester Guildhall|Guildhall]], [[Welford Road Stadium]], [[Leicester Market]] |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = Arms of Leicester.svg |shield_link = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_size = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_link = |image_map = Leicester UK locator map.svg |mapsize = 200px |map_caption = Location within Leicestershire and England |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Sovereign state |subdivision_name = [[United Kingdom]] |subdivision_type1 = {{nowrap|[[Constituent country]]}} |subdivision_name1 = [[England]] |subdivision_type2 = Region |subdivision_name2 = [[East Midlands]] |subdivision_type3 = {{nowrap|[[Ceremonial counties of England|Ceremonial county]]}} |subdivision_name3 =[[Leicestershire]] |subdivision_type4 = Admin HQ |subdivision_name4 =[[Leicester City Centre]] <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes