North Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire
Unitary authority and borough
Scunthorpe, the administrative centre and most populous settlement in the borough
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Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	Lincolnshire
Admin. HQ	Scunthorpe
Government
• Body	North Lincolnshire Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative
• MPs:	Andrew Percy (C) Holly Mumby-Croft (C) Martin Vickers (C)
Area
• Total	327 sq mi (847 km2)
• Rank	38th
Population  (2022)
• Total	170,042
• Rank	Ranked 121st
• Density	520/sq mi (200/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 94.3% White 3.3% Asian 1.1% Mixed 0.5% Black 0.7% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 55.2% Christianity 40.9% no religion 2.6% Islam 0.3% Hinduism 0.4% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.4% other
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode	DN
ONS code	00FD (ONS) E06000013 (GSS)
Website	northlincs.gov.uk

North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446.^[2] The administrative centre and largest settlement is Scunthorpe, and the borough also includes the towns of Brigg, Broughton, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Winterton, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton-upon-Humber. North Lincolnshire is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region.

North Lincolnshire was formed following the abolition of Humberside County Council in 1996, when four unitary authorities replaced it, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, and the East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull on the north bank.

It is home to the Haxey Hood, a traditional event which takes place in Haxey on 6 January, a large football scrum where a leather tube (the "hood") is pushed to one of four pubs, where it remains until next year's game.