Blaby (District)

Blaby (District)
Blaby District
Blaby
Lage in Leicestershire
Status District
Region East Midlands
Verw.grafschaft Leicestershire
Verwaltungssitz Blaby
Fläche 130,47 km² (222.)
Einwohner 92.900 (246.)
ONS-Code 31UB
Website www.blaby.gov.uk

Blaby ist ein District in der Grafschaft Leicestershire in England. Verwaltungssitz ist die Stadt Blaby. Weitere bedeutende Orte sind Cosby, Countesthorpe, Glenfield, Enderby und Stoney Stanton. Glenfield ist Sitz der Grafschaftsverwaltung von Leicestershire, seitdem Leicester einen unabhängigen Stadtkreis bildet.

Ab 1894 war Blaby ein Rural District von Leicestershire. Im Jahr 1913 wurde Oadby abgetrennt und zu einem Urban District erhoben. 1935 verlor Blaby einige Gebiete an die Stadt Leicester, erhielt aber einen Teil des aufgelösten Hinckley Rural District.


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