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Truro (/ ˈ t r ʊər oʊ / ⓘ; Cornish Standard Written Form: Truru) [2] is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under 232 miles (373 km) west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and a centre for administration, leisure and ...
The TR postcode area, also known as the Truro postcode area, [2] is a group of 27 postcode districts in South West England, within 15 post towns.These cover west Cornwall, including Truro, Penzance, Camborne, Falmouth, Hayle, Helston, Marazion, Newquay, Penryn, Perranporth, Redruth, St Agnes, St Columb and St Ives, plus the Isles of Scilly.
The GVA per head was 65% of the UK average for 2004. [147] The GDP per head for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly was 79.2% of the EU-27 average for 2004, the UK per head average was 123.0%. [148] In 2011, the latest available figures, Cornwall's (including the Isles of Scilly) measure of wealth was 64% of the European average per capita. [149]
The geography of Cornwall (Cornish: Doronieth Kernow) describes the extreme southwestern peninsula of England west of the River Tamar.The population of Cornwall is greater in the less extensive west of the county than the east due to Bodmin Moor's location; however the larger part of the population live in rural areas.
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [2] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
The largest urban area in the county is a conurbation that includes the former mining towns of Redruth and Camborne, and the county town is the city of Truro. The county is rural, with an area of 1,375 square miles (3,562 km 2 ) and population of 568,210.
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Truro railway station (Cornish: Truru) serves the city of Truro, Cornwall, England. The station is on the Cornish Main Line and is the junction for the Maritime Line to Falmouth Docks . It is situated at milepost 300.75 miles (484.01 km) from London Paddington , which is measured via Bristol Temple Meads , although most trains use the shorter ...