Newport

Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is a ceety an unitary authority aurie in Wales. Staundin on the banks o the River Usk, it is locatit aboot 12 miles (19 km) east o Cairdiff an is the lairgest urban aurie athin the historic coonty boundaries o Monmouthshire an the preserved coonty o Gwent. The Ceety o Newport, which includes rural auries as well as the built up aurie, is govrened bi the unitary Newport Ceety Cooncil, an haes a population o 140,200, makin it the seivent maist populous unitary authority in Wales.

Accordin tae Census 2001 data the population o the core built-up aurie wis 116,143, makin it the third lairgest ceety in Wales. For European statistical purposes, Newport is includit athin the Cairdiff an Sooth Wales valleys metropolitan aurie, which haes a population o nearly 1.1 million.

Twinnin

Newport haes fower internaitional twinnin links:

• Heidenheim, Germany syne 1980
• Kutaisi, Georgie syne 1989
• Guangxi, Cheenae syne 1996
• Annapolis, Unitit States

Freemit airtins

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Newport, Wales

• Newport at the Open Directory Project
• Newport Ceety Cooncil
• Ceety Centre information
• Newport Civic Society
• Newport Unlimited
• NP Local
• Port o Newport
• Activ Newport
• Newport's War Dead