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Newport, Monmouthshire

Newport
Casnewydd
City & County
Clockwise from top: Newport Transporter Bridge, Tredegar House, Newport Cathedral, Newport Civic Centre, city skyline from Brynglas Hill, Celtic Manor Resort and Newport Castle
Coat of arms of Newport
Coat of arms
Motto: "Terra Marique" "By land and sea"
City of Newportand (inset) within Wales
City of Newport
and (inset) within Wales
Coordinates: 51°35′N 3°00′W / 51.583°N 3.000°W / 51.583; -3.000Coordinates: 51°35′N 3°00′W / 51.583°N 3.000°W / 51.583; -3.000
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Wales
Ceremonial county Gwent
Historic county Monmouthshire
Admin HQ Newport Civic Centre
Borough status c. 1120
Town charter 1385
City status 2002
Government
 • Type Principal area, City
 • Governing body Newport City Council
 • Mayor of Newport David Atwell
 • Leader of Newport City Council Bob Bright, Labour
 • MPs Paul Flynn, Labour
Jessica Morden, Labour
 • AMs Jayne Bryant, Labour
John Griffiths, Labour
Area
 • Total 73.35 sq mi (190 km2)
Population (2011 Census)
 • Total 147,800 (Ranked 7th)
 • Density 1,910/sq mi (738/km2)
 • Ethnicity
(2011 Census)
89.9% White
5.4% Asian
1.7% Black
1.1% Mixed White/Black
0.5% Mixed White/Asian
1.4% Other
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
Postcode NP
Area code(s) 01633
ISO 3166-2 GB-NWP
ONS code 00PR (ONS)
W06000022 (GSS)
OS grid reference ST312882
NUTS 3 UKD31
Demonym Newportonians
Website www.newport.gov.uk

Newport (/ˈnjpɔːrt/; Welsh: Casnewydd; [kasˈnɛwɨ̞ð]) is a cathedral and university city and unitary authority area in south east Wales. It is located on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, approximately 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census it is the third largest city in Wales, with a city population of 145,700 and an urban population of 306,844. The city forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area with a population of 1,097,000.

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 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 valleys of South Wales. Until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. It was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Rising of 1839 led by the Chartists.


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