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| City of Plymouth | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, City (1928) |
| Region: | South West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Devon |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 266th 79.78 kmē |
| Admin. HQ: | Plymouth |
| ONS code: | 00HG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( 2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 43rd 240,467 3,014 / kmē |
| Ethnicity: | 98.4% White |
| Politics | |
| Plymouth City Council http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPsThis is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. New MPs elected since the general election and changes in party allegiance are noted at: | Linda GilroyLinda Gilroy ( 19 July 1949) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She is Labour and Co-operative member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, and has been MP since 1997. Gilroy, Linda., David JamiesonDavid Charles Jamieson ( 18 May 1947) is a British politician, and Labour Party member of Parliament for Plymouth Devonport. He was first elected in 1992. Jamieson, David., Gary StreeterGary Nicholas Streeter (born 2 October 1955) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party member of Parliament for South West Devon, and was first elected in 1992. He served as a junior minister under John Major. Streeter, Gary. |
Plymouth (Latitude: 50°25N, Longitude: 4°5W) is a city and unitary authority in South West England, situated in the traditional countyEngland has been divided into counties for hundreds of years. The divisions originated as administrative areas, but have been adopted for geographic purposes. A series of local government reforms from the 19th century onwards has left the exact definition of Devon. Historically, it was Britain's largest and (after PortsmouthThis article is about the English city of Portsmouth. For other places with the same name, please see Portsmouth (disambiguation). Portsmouth is a city of about 186,000 located in the county of Hampshire on the southern coast of England. A significant nav) second most important naval base. Now one of Britain's few remaining naval dockyards, and still the largest naval base in Western Europe, it is situated at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar. Heavily blitzed by the Luftwaffe during World War II, Plymouth was one of the English cities to be rebuilt by Patrick Abercrombie in the 1950s.
Plymouth became the first town incorporated by the English Parliament on November 12, 1439. On April 1, 1998 it became a unitary authority and independent from Devon.
Modern Plymouth is actually an agglomeration of three separate towns: Plymouth, Devonport and East Stonehouse; this amalgamation occurred in 1914, and prior to the merger, they were referred to collectively as " The Three Towns".
Most visitors to Plymouth are drawn to the spectacular Plymouth Hoe, a stretch of greensward overlooking the sea and Plymouth Sound; it is believed that this is the place where Sir Francis Drake completed his game of bowls before setting sail to defeat the Spanish Armada.
It is one of the primary gateways to Cornwall providing access by way of the Torpoint Ferry across the Hamoaze, the mouth of the Tamar, and the Tamar Bridge linking the A38 through the St Budeaux area of Plymouth on the Devon bank of the Tamar to Saltash on the Cornish bank. The major rail link to Cornwall, the Royal Albert Bridge runs side-by-side with the road bridge but, as its name suggests, it was built much earlier by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
People born in Plymouth are known as Plymothians. More recently the term Janner has come into use.
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