Coventry

Coventry (Inglis pronunciation: [ˈkɒvəntɹi], [ˈkʌvəntɹi]) is a ceety an metropolitan borough in the coonty o Wast Midlands in Ingland. Coventry is the 9t lairgest ceety in Ingland an the 11t lairgest in the Unitit Kinrick.^[1] It is an aa the seicont lairgest ceety in the Inglis Midlands, efter Birmingham, wi a population o 300,848,^[2][3] awtho baith Leicester an Nottingham hae lairger urban auries. The population o Coventry haes risen tae 309,800 as o 2008.

Coventry skyline

Coventry is situatit 95 mile (153 km) northwast o Lunnon an 19 mile (31 km) east o Birmingham, an is further frae the coast than ony ither ceety in Breetain. Awtho harbourin a population o amaist a third o a million indwallers, Coventry is no amangst the Inglis Core Ceeties Group due tae its proximity tae Birmingham.

Coventry wis the warld's first 'twin ceety' whan it formed a twinnin relationship wi the Roushie ceety o Stalingrad (nou Volgograd) during Warld War II. The relationship developed throu ordinary fowk in Coventry who wantit tae shaw thair support for the Soviet Red Airmy durin the Battle o Stalingrad.^[4] The ceety is nou an aa twinned wi Dresden, Lidice an wi 26 ither ceeties aroond the warld.

Coventry Cathedral is ane o the newer cathedrals in the warld, haein been biggit follaein the Warld War II bombin o the auncient cathedral bi the Luftwaffe. Coventry motor companies hae contributit significantly taeo the Breetish motor industry, an it haes twa varsities, the ceety centre-based Coventry University an the University o Warwick on the soothern ootskirts.

Twin ceeties

Coventry first twinned wi (Volgograd, Roushie). Efter Warld War II Coventry twinned wi Dresden as an act o peace an reconciliation, baith ceeties haein been vera hivily bombed durin the war. Each twin ceety kintra is representit in a specific ward o the ceety an in each ward haes a peace gairden dedicatit tae that twin ceety.

Coventry is nou twinned wi 26 places athort the warld:

Banner	Ceety	Kintra	Year Twinned	Ward
	Parkes, New Sooth Wales	Australie	1956	Bablake
	Graz	Austrick [5]	1957	Binley & Willenhall
	Sarajevo	Bosnie an Herzegovinae	1957	Cheylesmore
	Cornwall, Ontario	Canadae	1972	Earlsdon
	Granby, Quebec		1963
	Windsor, Ontario		1963
	Jinan	Cheenae	1983	Foleshill
	Lidice	Czech Republic	1947	Henley
	Ostrava		1959
	Caen	Fraunce	1957	Longford
	Saint-Étienne		1955
	Dresden	Germany	1959	Lawer Stoke
	Kiel		1947
	Dunaújváros	Hungary	1962	Radford
	Kecskemét		1962
	Bologna	Italy	1960	Sherbourne
	Kingston	Jamaica	1962	St Michael's
	Arnhem	Netherlands	1958	Upper Stoke
	Warsaw	Poland	1957	Wainbody
	Cork	Ireland	1958	Holbrooks
	Galaţi	Romanie	1962	Westwood
	Volgograd/Stalingrad	Roushie	1944	Whoberley
	Belgrade	Serbie	1957	Woodlands
	Coventry, Connecticut	Unitit States	1962	Wyken
	Coventry, New York		1972
	Coventry, Rhode Island		1971

References

1. Leet o Inglis ceeties bi population frae census 2001 figures
2. "2001 Census: Area Statistics: Key Figures: Area: Coventry (Local Authority)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived frae the original on 29 Juin 2011. Retrieved 8 Juin 2010.
3. 2001 Census Statistics^{[deid airtin]}
4. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 20 Februar 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Twin Towns – Graz Online – English Version". www.graz.at. Archived frae the original on 8 November 2009. Retrieved 5 Januar 2010.

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