Leicester - Twin Cities

Twin Cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom

Leicester is twinned with six cities.

  • Strasbourg, France (1960)
  • Krefeld, Germany (1969)
  • Masaya, Nicaragua (1987)
  • Chongqing, China (1993)
  • Rajkot, India (1996)
  • Haskovo, Bulgaria (2008)

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