View of Wolverhampton showing the three main buildings on the city skyline – Statsfan, CC BY-SA 3.0 – Wikimedia Commons Wolverhampton is located in West Midlands. About 250,970 people live here (as of 2012). Between 2011 and 2012, the population fell from 265,178 to 250,970. The region lies at 163 metres above sea level. Its area extends over around 69.4 square kilometres. Wolverhampton has around 7.647 streets. The region was founded in the year 985. The dialling code is 01902. Wolverhampton is city in the West Midlands, England, United Kingdom. Among other things, Wolverhampton has public transport, hotels, restaurants, cafés, supermarkets, clothing stores, museums, schools, banks, hairdressers, dentists, doctors and pharmacies. For more information, see www.wolverhampton.gov.uk.