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.
City of Newport Dinas Casnewydd | |
|---|---|
Ceety & Principal aurie | |
 The Newport Transporter Bridge, opened in 1906 | |
| Motto(s): "Terra Marique" "Bi land an sea" | |
 City of Newport an (inset) athin Wales | |
| Coordinates: 51°35′15.86″N 2°59′54.04″W / 51.5877389°N 2.9983444°W 2°59′54.04″W / 51.5877389°N 2.9983444°W | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Constituent kintra | Wales |
| Ceremonial coonty | Gwent |
| Historic coonty | Monmouthshire |
| Admin HQ | Newport Civic Centre |
| Toun chairter | 1385 |
| Ceety status | 2002 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Principal aurie, Ceety |
| • Govrenin body | Newport City Council |
| • Mayor o Newport | Margaret Cornelious |
| • Leader o Newport City Council | Bob Bright |
| • MPs | Paul Flynn, Labour Jessica Morden, Labour |
| • AMs | Rosemary Butler, Labour John Griffiths, Labour |
| Area | |
| • Total | 190 km2 (70 sq mi) |
| Population (2007 est / Urban 2006) | |
| • Total | (Ranked ) |
| • Density | 738/km2 (1910/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicity (2001 Census) | 95.1% White 2.6% S. Asie 1.5% Afro-Caribbean |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| Postcode | NP |
| Area code(s) | 01633 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-NWP |
| ONS code | 00PR |
| OS grid reference | ST312882 |
| NUTS 3 | UKD31 |
| Demonym | Newportonians |
| Website | www.newport.gov.uk |
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.
Newport railwey station is on the Sooth Wales main line.
Twinnin
Newport is twinnin wi the follaein:
References
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| Wiki Commons haes media relatit tae Newport, Wales. |
- Newport at Curlie
- Newport Ceety Cooncil
- Ceety Centre information Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Newport Civic Society Archived 2011-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Newport Unlimited
- NP Local Archived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Port o Newport Archived 2010-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Activ Newport Archived 2011-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Newport's War Dead
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