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Coventry

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Coventry is a cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England, on the River Sherbourne. Founded in the early Middle Ages, its city status was formally recognised in a charter of 1345, and it is governed today by Coventry City Council and the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Facts
Population
345,324 1
Area (sq km)
98.64 2
Founding Year
1043 2
Latitude
52.416667 degrees north 2
Longitude
1.516667 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
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in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England.

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The University of Warwick ( WORR-ik; abbreviated as Warw. in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England.
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Wasps Netball were an English netball team based at the Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, Warwickshire.
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1. Coventry (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Formerly part of Warwickshire until 1451, and again from 1842 to 1974, Coventry had a population of 345,324 at the 2021 census, making it the tenth largest city in England and the 13th largest in the United Kingdom.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Coventry (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 52.416667, longitude -1.516667
  • P2046 (area)
    area 98.64 sq km
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1043
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3. GeoNames: Coventry - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2652221
    52.40656 -1.51217 P PPLA2 GB ENG C7 345324 89 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 89 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, -1.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, -1.75
52.25 -1.75 Cfb
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Wikidata: Coventry
Wikidata Q6225, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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