How to title a matplotlib legend

Question

I have a figure with multiple legends and I would like to be able to label them. I would like to put a title/label Some label on the legend, as shown below. This is not a duplicate of this answer which only states how to place a legend on the figure.

I have checked the legend guide but can't find any info on how to do this.

Again, please don't close this question (as was this one) it's not a duplicate of the answer linked above. That answer does not give any information on adding a label/title to a legend.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 21 '20 at 21:50

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As pointed out here, you can place a title with the title option in the legend command. For example:

plt.plot([0,1], label='A')
plt.legend(title='title')

Or with axis instance:

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot([0,1], label='A')
ax.legend(title='title')

Output:

edited Jul 21 '20 at 21:50

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How to title a matplotlib legend

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