Luton
Luton (pronounced /ˈluːtən/ (
listen) or locally /ˈluːʔən/) is a lairge toun an unitary authority o Bedfordshire, Ingland, 30 miles (51 kilometres) north o Lunnon. Luton an its near neighbours, Dunstable an Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Aurie wi a population o ower 240,000.[1][2]
Luton is hame tae Blue Square Premier team Luton Town Football Club, whose history includes several spells in the top flicht o the Inglis league as well as a Football League Cup triumph in 1988. They play at Kenilworth Road stadium, which haes been their hame syne 1905.
London Luton Airport, opened in 1938, is ane o Ingland's major airports. Durin the Seicont Warld War it doubled as an RAF base.
The University o Bedfordshire is based in the toun.
The Luton Carnival, held on the late Maey bank holiday, is the lairgest ane-day carnival in Europe.
The toun wis for mony years famous for hat-makin an wis an aa hame tae a lairge Vauxhall Motors factory; the heid office o Vauxhall Motors is still situatit in the towun. Caur production at the plant began in 1905 an continued till 2002, but commercial vehicle production remains.
Twin touns [edit]
Luton participates in internaitional toun twinnin; its pairtners[3] are:
| Kintra | Place | Coonty / Destrict / Region / State | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Germany |  |
Bergisch Gladbach |  |
North Rhine-Westphalie | 1956 |
 |
Fraunce | Bourgoin-Jallieu | Rhône-Alpes | 1956 | ||
 |
Swaden | Eskilstuna |  |
Södermanland | 1949 | |
|
Germany |  |
Berlin-Spandau |  |
Berlin | 1959 |
|
Germany |  |
Wolfsburg |  |
Lawer Saxony | 1950 |
 |
Israel |  |
Haifa | |
Haifa Destrict | 1966 |
References [edit]
- ↑ Luton Borough Council, 2009 Mid year population estimates for Luton.
- ↑ Central Bedfordshire Council, Central Bedfordshire’s population. Dunstable 35,120. Houghton Regis 16,670.
- ↑ Town twinning. Luton Borough Council. Archived from the original on 16 Mey 2008. . Retrieved on 16 Juin 2008. .
