Coventry
Coordinates: 52°24′29″N 1°30′38″W / 52.40806°N 1.51056°W
Coventry (Inglis pronunciation: [ˈkɒvəntɹi], [ˈkʌvəntɹi]) 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.[1] It is an aa the seicont lairgest ceety in the Inglis Midlands, efter Birmingham, wi a population o 300,848,[2][3] awtho baith Leicester an Nottingham hae lairger urban auries. The population o Coventry haes risen tae 309,800 as o 2008.
Coventry is situatit 95 mile (153 km) northwast o Lunnon an 19 mile (31 km) east o Birmingham, an is further frae the coast than ony ither ceety in Breetain. Awtho harbourin a population o amaist a third o a million indwallers, Coventry is no amangst the Inglis Core Ceeties Group due tae its proximity tae Birmingham.
Coventry wis the warld's first 'twin ceety' whan it formed a twinnin relationship wi the Roushie ceety o Stalingrad (nou Volgograd) during Warld War II. The relationship developed throu ordinary fowk in Coventry who wantit tae shaw thair support for the Soviet Red Airmy durin the Battle o Stalingrad.[4] 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 biggit 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 varsities, the ceety centre-based Coventry University an the University o Warwick on the soothern ootskirts.
Twin ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]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 gairden dedicatit tae that twin ceety.
Coventry is nou twinned wi 26 places athort the warld:
| Banner | Ceety | Kintra | Year Twinned | Ward |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Parkes, New Sooth Wales | Australie | 1956 | Bablake |
 | Graz | Austrick [5] | 1957 | Binley & Willenhall |
 | Sarajevo | Bosnie an Herzegovinae | 1957 | Cheylesmore |
 | Cornwall, Ontario | Canadae | 1972 | Earlsdon |
| Granby, Quebec | 1963 | |||
| Windsor, Ontario | 1963 | |||
 | Jinan | Cheenae | 1983 | Foleshill |
 | Lidice | Czech Republic | 1947 | Henley |
| Ostrava | 1959 | |||
 | Caen | Fraunce | 1957 | Longford |
| Saint-Étienne | 1955 | |||
 | Dresden | Germany | 1959 | Lawer Stoke |
| Kiel | 1947 | |||
 | Dunaújváros | Hungary | 1962 | Radford |
| Kecskemét | 1962 | |||
 | Bologna | Italy | 1960 | Sherbourne |
 | Kingston | Jamaica | 1962 | St Michael's |
 | Arnhem | Netherlands | 1958 | Upper Stoke |
 | Warsaw | Poland | 1957 | Wainbody |
 | Cork | Ireland | 1958 | Holbrooks |
 | Galaţi | Romanie | 1962 | Westwood |
 | Volgograd/Stalingrad | Roushie | 1944 | Whoberley |
 | Belgrade | Serbie | 1957 | Woodlands |
 | Coventry, Connecticut | Unitit States | 1962 | Wyken |
| Coventry, New York | 1972 | |||
| Coventry, Rhode Island | 1971 |
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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. Archived frae the original on 29 Juin 2011. Retrieved 8 Juin 2010.
- ↑ 2001 Census Statistics[deid airtin]
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 20 Februar 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ "Twin Towns – Graz Online – English Version". www.graz.at. Archived frae the original on 8 November 2009. Retrieved 5 Januar 2010.
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