Coventry

Coordinates: 52°24′29″N 1°30′38″W / 52.40806°N 1.51056°W / 52.40806; -1.51056

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 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.

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)