Newport, Wales

Newport Casnewydd (Welsh)
County borough and city
Clockwise from top: Newport Transporter Bridge, Tredegar House, Newport Cathedral, Newport Civic Centre, Newport Castle, and Celtic Manor Resort
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Latin: Terra Marique, lit. 'by land and sea'
Newport shown within Wales
Coordinates: 51°35′19″N 02°59′52″W / 51.58861°N 2.99778°W / 51.58861; -2.99778
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Wales
Preserved county	Gwent
Borough status	c. 1120
Town charter	1385
City status	2002
Administrative HQ	Newport Civic Centre
Government [1]
• Type	Principal council
• Body	Newport City Council
• Control	Labour
• MPs	2 MPs Jessica Morden (L) Ruth Jones (L)
• MSs	2 MSs John Griffiths (L) Jayne Bryant (L) +4 regional members
Area [2]
• Total	70 sq mi (190 km2)
• Rank	18th
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	161,506
• Rank	6th
• Density	2,200/sq mi (848/km2)
Demonym	Newportonians
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	NP
Dialling codes	01633
ISO 3166 code	GB-NWP
GSS code	W06000022
Website	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,^[3] 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.^[4] Newport became a unitary authority in 1996 and forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area,^[5] 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.