Coventry
Coventry (Template:IPAc-en or Template:IPAc-en)[1] is a ceety an metropolitan borough in the coonty o Wast Midlands in Ingland. Coventry is the 9t lairgest ceety in Ingland an the 11t lairgest in the Unitit Kinrick.[2] It is an aa the seicont lairgest ceety in the Inglis Midlands, efter Birmingham, wi a population o 300,848,[3][4] although both Leicester an Nottingham hae lairger urban auries. The population o Coventry haes risen tae 309,800 as o 2008.
Coventry is situatit 95 miles (153 km) northwast o Lunnon an 19 miles (31 km) east o Birmingham, an is further frae the coast than ony ither ceety in Breetain. Although harbourin a population o amaist a third of a million inhabitants, Coventry is no amangst the Inglis Core Ceeties Group due tae its proximity tae Birmingham.
Coventry wis the warld's first 'twin ceety' when it formed a twinnin relationship wi the Roushie ceety o Stalingrad (nou Volgograd) during Warld War II. The relationship developed through ordinary fowk in Coventry who wantit tae show their support for the Soviet Red Airmy durin the Battle o Stalingrad.[5] The ceety is nou an aa twinned wi Dresden, Lidice an wi 26 ither ceeties aroond the warld.
Coventry Cathedral is ane o the newer cathedrals in the warld, haein been built follaein the Warld War II bombin o the auncient cathedral bi the Luftwaffe. Coventry motor companies hae contributit significantly taeo the Breetish motor industry, an it haes twa universities, the ceety centre-based Coventry University an the University o Warwick on the soothern ootskirts.
[edit] Twin ceeties
Coventry first twinned wi (Volgograd, Roushie). Efter Warld War II Coventry twinned wi Dresden as an act o peace an reconciliation, baith ceeties haein been vera hivily bombed durin the war. Each twin ceety kintra is representit in a specific ward o the ceety an in each ward haes a peace garden dedicatit tae that twin ceety.
Coventry is nou twinned wi 26 places athort the warld:
| Banner | Ceety | Kintra | Year Twinned | Ward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Parkes, New Sooth Wales | Australie | 1956 | Bablake |
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Graz | Austrick [6] | 1957 | Binley & Willenhall |
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Sarajevo | Bosnie an Herzegovinae | 1957 | Cheylesmore |
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Cornwall, Ontario | Canadae | 1972 | Earlsdon |
| Granby, Quebec | 1963 | |||
| Windsor, Ontario | 1963 | |||
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Jinan | Cheenae | 1983 | Foleshill |
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Lidice | Czech Republic | 1947 | Henley |
| Ostrava | 1959 | |||
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Caen | Fraunce | 1957 | Longford |
| Saint-Étienne | 1955 | |||
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Dresden | Germany | 1959 | Lower Stoke |
| Kiel | 1947 | |||
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Dunaújváros | Hungary | 1962 | Radford |
| Kecskemét | 1962 | |||
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Bologna | Italy | 1960 | Sherbourne |
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Kingston | Jamaica | 1962 | St Michael's |
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Arnhem | Netherlands | 1958 | Upper Stoke |
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Warsaw | Poland | 1957 | Wainbody |
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Cork | Ireland | 1958 | Holbrooks |
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Galaţi | Romania | 1962 | Westwood |
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Volgograd/Stalingrad | Roushie | 1944 | Whoberley |
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Belgrade | Serbie | 1957 | Woodlands |
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Coventry, Connecticut | Unitit States | 1962 | Wyken |
| Coventry, New York | 1972 | |||
| Coventry, Rhode Island | 1971 |
[edit] References
- ↑ (2006) Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary, 17th, Cambridge: CUP.
- ↑ Leet o Inglis ceeties bi population frae census 2001 figures
- ↑ 2001 Census: Area Statistics: Key Figures: Area: Coventry (Local Authority). Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved on 8 Juin 2010. .
- ↑ 2001 Census StatisticsTemplate:Dead link
- ↑ http://www.coventry.gov.uk/ccm/content/chief-executives-directorate/corporate-policy/international-team/the-friendship-cemented-by-blood-exhibition.en;jsessionid=b_V4jQDsMeEc Template:Dead link
- ↑ Twin Towns – Graz Online – English Version. www.graz.at. Retrieved on 5 Januar 2010. .
