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Nottingham ( i / ˈ n ɒ t ɪ ŋ əm / NOT -ing-əm ) is a city in Nottinghamshire , England, 30 miles (48 km) south of Sheffield and 30 miles (48 km) north of Leicester .
Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle (notably Raleigh bikes) and tobacco industries. It was granted its city charter in 1897 as part of Queen Victoria 's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2011, visitors spent over £1.5 billion - the thirteenth highest amount in England 's 111 statistical territories .
In 2013, Nottingham had an estimated population of 310,837 with the wider urban area , which includes many of the city's suburbs, having a population of 729,977. Its urban area is the largest in the East Midlands and the second largest in the Midlands. The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan area is estimated to be 1,543,000. Its metropolitan economy is the seventh largest in the United Kingdom with a GDP of $50.9bn (2014). The city is also ranked as a sufficiency-level world city by the Globali