Birmingham is a
city and
metropolitan borough in the
West Midlands, England. It is the largest and
most populous British city outside
London with 1,101,360 residents (2014 est.), and its population increase of 88,400 residents between the 2001 and 2011 censuses was greater than that of any other British local authority. The city lies within the
West Midlands Built-up Area, the
third most populous built-up area in the United Kingdom with 2,440,986 residents (2011 census), and its
metropolitan area is the United Kingdom's
second most populous with 3,701,107 residents (2012 est.) and is also the
9th largest metropolitan area in
Europe.