Newport
Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is a ceety an unitar authority aurie in Wales. Staundin on the banks o the River Usk, it is locatit aboot 12 mile (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,[1] 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.[2]
Newport railwey station is on the Sooth Wales main line.
Twinnin
[eedit | eedit soorce]Newport is twinnin[3] wi the follaein:
Heidenheim, Germany syne 1980
Kutaisi, Georgie syne 1989
Guangxi, Cheenae syne 1996
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Key Statistics for urban auries in Ingland an Wales
- ↑ "ESPON project 1.4.3 Study on Urban Functions Final Repor, March 2007" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "Town twinning". Newport City Council. Archived frae the original on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2006.
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