Greenwich (Borough of London)

The area was formed in 1965 with the formation of Greater London , the merger of two areas - Greenwich and Woolwich ^[7] . In 1997, the Greenwich embankment as part of the Greenwich Hospital and Greenwich Park with Queens House was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List .

The Russian poet N.P. Ogaryov died in Greenwich in 1877.

According to the 2011 census, 255,500 people lived in borough Greenwich . Of these, 21.8% were children (under 15 years old), 66.2% of people of working age (from 16 to 64 years old) and 12.0% of elderly people (from 65 years old and above) ^[2] .

Ethnic composition

The main ethnic groups, according to the 2007 census ^[8] :

74.2% are white , including 66.7% are white British , 1.9% are white Irish, and 5.6% are other white ( Jews , Spaniards );

12.4% are black , including 8.5% are black Africans ( Nigerians , Ghanaians , Caboverians ), 3.1% are black Caribbean and 0.8% are other blacks;

6.2% are from South Asia , including 4.3% are Indians , 1.1% are Pakistanis and 0.8% are Bengalis ;

3.0% - mestizos , including 1.1% - black Caribs mixed with white, 0.7% - Asians mixed with white, 0.5% - black Africans mixed with white and 0.7% - other mestizos;

1.5% are Chinese ;

1.3% - other Asians ( Vietnamese , Turks , Thais );

1.2% - others.

Religion

Religion statistics for borough for 2011 ^[9] :

Paved in 1899-1902 under the Thames, a pedestrian tunnel links Greenwich to Dog Island .

• The Royal Greenwich Observatory , through which the zero or Greenwich meridian passes, was founded by Charles II in 1674. Now in the buildings of the old observatory there is a museum of astronomical and navigation devices (the observatory was withdrawn from Greenwich in 1990 due to light clogging). The observatory building is located in Greenwich Park .
• Royal Maritime Hospital was built in 1694-1705. designed by Christopher Wren , who took the House of Disabled People in Paris as a model. Previously, on the site of the hospital for sailors, there was a medieval royal palace ( Palace of Placentia ), from which the Queen's house ( Queens House ), built for Anna Danish by the architect Inigo Jones , was preserved. Later, the Royal Naval College was located in this building, and the hospital building is currently being used by the University of Greenwich .
• The famous tea clipper “ Catti Sark ” is set in Greenwich for eternal parking in a dry dock. Nearby is the National Maritime Museum (opened in 1937).
• The Greenwich Peninsula , on which the Millennium Dome and the O2 Arena are located .
• The monument to Yuri Gagarin was opened in Greenwich in May 2013 ^[10] .
• Eltem Palace - The former royal residence, built in the XIV century. The building currently existing is a reconstruction completed in the 1930s, which includes, however, an authentic large hall of the 15th century.

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