Metropolitan Borough of Solihull
The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is a metropolitan borough in West Midlands county, England. It is named after its largest town, Solihull, from which Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is based. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG32) and is one of seven boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region. Much of the large residential population in the north of the borough centres on the communities of Castle Bromwich, Kingshurst, Marston Green and Smith's Wood as well as the towns of Chelmsley Wood and Fordbridge. In the south are the towns of Shirley and Solihull, as well as the large villages of Knowle, Dorridge, Meriden and Balsall Common.
Metropolitan Borough of Solihull | |
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Assembly Halls | |
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Coat of Arms of the Borough Council | |
Shown within the West Midlands and England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Historic county | Warwickshire |
| Administrative county | West Midlands |
| Admin. HQ | Solihull |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan borough |
| • Leadership: | Leader and cabinet |
| • MPs: | Julian Knight (C) Saqib Bhatti (C) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 68.8 sq mi (178.3 km2) |
| • Rank | 153rd |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 216,666 |
| • Rank | Ranked 87th |
| • Density | 3,100/sq mi (1,200/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-SOL |
| ONS code | 00CT (ONS) E08000029 (GSS) |
| Ethnicity | 89.1% White (85.8% White British) 6.5% Asian 2.2% Mixed Race 1.5% Black 0.6% Other |
| Website | solihull.gov.uk |
Since 2011, Solihull has formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Tamworth and Wyre Forest.