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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 | |
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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 | |
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,[1] 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.[2]
Newport railwey station is on the Sooth Wales main line.
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