The City/ La "City"

La Cité de Londres ou City est la circonscription centrale du Grand Londres, c'est le plus ancien quartier de Londres. La cité située sur la rive Nord de la Tamise couvre seulement un mille carré (2,5km²). C'est aujourd'hui un grand centre financier mondial. Elle compte aujourd'hui moins de 10 000 habitants (estimation de 2004), mais près de 500 000 personnes y travaillent.

La Cité comprend deux enclaves (Inner Temple et Middle Temple) qui ne sont pas administrées par les autorités de la ville de Londres. En revanche, les autorités de la ville de Londres régissent certains parcs se trouvant hors du territoire de la City. Le mode d'administration de la City est unique en Angleterre.

De nombreux gratte-ciel ont été construits ces dernières années, ou sont en projet. L'aspect architectural du lieu va largement se modifier dans les prochaines années.

The City of London is a geographically-small city within Greater London, England. The City of London is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages, and hence it is now only a tiny part of the larger London metropolis.

The City of London is now a major business and commercial centre. It is often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km²) in area. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 500,000.

The City itself has two independent enclaves within it — Inner Temple and Middle Temple. These two areas form part of the City and Ceremonial county, but are not governed by the City of London Corporation. The Corporation governs the rest of the City and also owns various open spaces (parks, forests and commons) in and around London, including most of Epping Forest.
A lot of skyscrapers have been built for the past years or are going to be built. The architecture of the City will change a lot in the coming years.