City and county borough in Wales
City and County Borough in Wales
Newport
Motto(s): "Terra Marique" "By land and sea"
City of Newport
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Show map of Europe Coordinates: 51°35′19″N 02°59′52″W / 51.58861°N 2.99778°W / 51.58861; -2.99778 [1] Sovereign state United Kingdom Country Wales Ceremonial county Gwent Historic county Monmouthshire Principal Area Newport Admin HQ Newport Civic Centre Borough status c. 1120 Town charter 1385 City status 2002 Settlements and suburbs • Type County borough and city • Body Newport City Council • Newport City Council Leader Dimitri Batrouni (Welsh Labour ) • MP (Newport East ) • MS (Newport East ) Jessica Morden (Welsh Labour )John Griffiths (Welsh Labour ) • MP (Newport West and Islwyn ) • MS (Newport West ) Ruth Jones (Welsh Labour )Jayne Bryant (Welsh Labour ) • Mayor (honorary) Trevor Watkins (Welsh Labour ) • City and County Borough 84.05 sq mi (217.70 km2 ) • Urban 32.52 sq mi (84.22 km2 ) • Rural 51.54 sq mi (133.48 km2 ) • Metro 987.80 sq mi (2,558.38 km2 ) • Length 11.17 mi (17.98 km) • Width 14.11 mi (22.70 km) Elevation 52 ft (16 m) Highest elevation 1,375 ft (419 m) • City and County Borough 161,506 (council region ) • Rank Conurbation • 3rd (Wales) • 26th (UK) • Density 2,059.6/sq mi (795.21/km2 ) • Rank 2011 Census • 2nd (Wales) • 55th (UK) • Urban 128,060 • Urban density 9,552.8/sq mi (3,688.36/km2 ) • Metro 1,190,835 (Cardiff City Region) • Metro density 1,205.6/sq mi (465.47/km2 ) • Built-up area [4]
306,844 • Built-up area density[4]
3,643.363km2 Demonym Newportonians • Ethnic groups • Religion Time zone UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time )Postcode Area code 01633 ISO 3166-2 GB-NWP ONS code 00PR (ONS) W06000022 (GSS) OS grid reference ST312882 NUTS 3UKD31 Website www.newport.gov.uk
Newport (Welsh : Casnewydd ; [kasˈnɛwɨð] ) is a city and county borough in Wales , situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary , 12 mi (19 km) northeast of Cardiff . The population grew considerably between the 2011 and the 2021 census , rising from 145,700 to 159,587,[15] the largest growth of any unitary authority in Wales. Newport is the third-largest principal authority with city status in Wales, and sixth most populous overall .[16] Newport became a unitary authority in 1996 and forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area ,[17] and the Cardiff Capital Region .
Newport has been a port since medieval times when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans . The town outgrew the earlier Roman town of Caerleon , immediately upstream and now part of the city. Newport gained its first charter in 1314. It grew significantly in the 19th century when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys . Newport was the largest coal exporter in Wales until the rise of Cardiff in the mid-1800s. Newport was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Great Britain , the Newport Rising of 1839.
In the 20th century, the docks declined in importance, but Newport remained an important centre for manufacturing and engineering . Latterly its economy has been bolstered as part of the M4 corridor high-technology cluster. It was granted city status in 2002. The Celtic Manor Resort in Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 and was the venue for the 2014 NATO summit . The city contains extensive rural areas surrounding the built-up core . Its villages are of considerable archaeological importance. Newport Cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Monmouth and is the cathedral of the Diocese of Monmouth .
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