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
The Newport Transporter Bridge, opened in 1906
Motto(s): 
"Terra Marique" "Bi land an sea"
City of Newport an (inset) athin Wales
City of Newport
an (inset) athin Wales
Coordinates: 51°35′15.86″N 2°59′54.04″W / 51.5877389°N 2.9983444°W / 51.5877389; -2.9983444 2°59′54.04″W / 51.5877389°N 2.9983444°W / 51.5877389; -2.9983444
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Constituent kintraWales
Ceremonial coontyGwent
Historic coontyMonmouthshire
Admin HQNewport Civic Centre
Toun chairter1385
Ceety status2002
Govrenment
 • TeepPrincipal aurie, Ceety
 • Govrenin bodyNewport City Council
 • Mayor o NewportMargaret Cornelious
 • Leader o Newport City CouncilBob Bright
 • MPsPaul Flynn, Labour
Jessica Morden, Labour
 • AMsRosemary Butler, Labour
John Griffiths, Labour
Area
 • Total190 km2 (70 sq mi)
Population
 (2007 est / Urban 2006)
 • Total(Ranked )
 • Density738/km2 (1910/sq mi)
 • Ethnicity
(2001 Census)
95.1% White
2.6% S. Asie
1.5% Afro-Caribbean
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode
NP
Area code(s)01633
ISO 3166-2GB-NWP
ONS code00PR
OS grid referenceST312882
NUTS 3UKD31
DemonymNewportonians
Websitewww.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.

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References

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