Coventry – UKG33

EU regions: United Kingdom > West Midlands > West Midlands > Coventry

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More on wikipedia wikidata Q6225 Coventry slovensky: UKG33

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2019	369 461
population density	2018	3701
old-age dependency ratio	2019	20.1

From Wikipedia:

Coventry ( (listen) KOV-ən-tree or KUV-) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

Historically part of Warwickshire, Coventry is the 9^th largest city in England and the 12th largest in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest city in the West Midlands region, after Birmingham, and although proximite to the West Midlands conurbation, it is just outside it.

Coventry is 19 miles (31 km) east-southeast of Birmingham, 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Leicester, 11 miles (18 km) north of Warwick and 94 miles (151 km) northwest of London. Coventry is also the most central city in England, being only 11 miles (18 km) south-southwest of the country's geographical centre in Leicestershire and is located in the West Midlands.

The current Coventry Cathedral was built after the majority of the 14^th century cathedral church of Saint Michael was destroyed by the Luftwaffe in the Coventry Blitz of 14 November 1940. Coventry motor companies have contributed significantly to the British motor industry. The city has three universities, Coventry University in the city centre, the University of Warwick on the southern outskirts and the smaller private Arden University, headquartered close to Coventry Airport.

On 7 December 2017, the city won the title of UK City of Culture 2021, after beating Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent, Swansea and Sunderland to the title. They will be the third title holder, of the quadrennial award which began in 2013.

History

The Romans founded a settlement in Baginton, next to the River Sowe, and another formed around a Saxon nunnery, founded c.  AD 700 by St Osburga, that was later left in ruins by King Canute's invading Danish army in 1016.

Other: West Midlands, Birmingham, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Dudley, Coventry

Neighbours: Solihull, Warwickshire

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Coventry – UKG33, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PUKG33, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

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