Newport

Newport () 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.

Accordin tae Census 2001 data the population o the core built-up aurie wis 116,143,Key Statistics for urban auries in Ingland an Wales 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.

Twinnin
Newport is twinnin wi the follaein:
 Heidenheim, Germany syne 1980
 Kutaisi, Georgie syne 1989
 Guangxi, Cheenae syne 1996

References

Freemit airtins

Newport Ceety Cooncil
Ceety Centre information 
Newport Civic Society 
Newport Unlimited
NP Local 
Port o Newport 
Activ Newport 
Newport's War Dead 

Category:Ceeties in Wales
Category:Coonties o Wales
Category:Populatit coastal places in Wales
Category:Newport
Category:Ports an harbours o Wales
Category:Principal auries o Wales
Category:River Usk