| 词条 | City of Canterbury |
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| timezone = GMT | utc_offset = 0 | timezone_DST = BST | utc_offset_DST = +1 | settlement_type = Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City | subdivision_type = Sovereign state | subdivision_type1 = Constituent country | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_type3 = Non-metropolitan county | subdivision_type4 = Status | subdivision_type5 = Admin HQ | subdivision_name = United Kingdom | subdivision_name1 = England | subdivision_name4 = Non-metropolitan district, Borough, City | government_type = Non-metropolitan district council | leader_title = Leadership | leader_title1 = MPs | established_title1 = Incorporated | population_density_km2 = auto | population_blank1_title = Ethnicity | blank1_name = ONS code | blank2_name = OS grid reference | official_name = City of Canterbury | image_skyline = Canterbury cathedral.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Canterbury Cathedral | image_shield = | shield_size = | shield_alt = | shield_link = | image_map = Canterbury UK locator map.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_alt = | map_caption = Canterbury shown within Kent | subdivision_name2 = South East England | subdivision_name3 = Kent | subdivision_name5 = Canterbury | established_date1 = 1 April 1974 | governing_body = Canterbury City Council | leader_party = {{English district control|GSS=E07000106}} | leader_name = Committee system, Simon Cook | leader_name1 = Rosie Duffield Roger Gale | area_rank = {{English district area rank|GSS=E07000106}} (of {{English district total}}) | area_total_km2 = 308.84 | population_total = {{English district population|GSS=E07000106}} | population_as_of = {{English statistics year}} | population_rank = {{English district rank|GSS=E07000106}} (of {{English district total}}) | population_blank1 = 93.4% White 2.2% S.Asian 1.6% Chinese and other 1.4% Mixed Race | blank1_info = 29UC (ONS) E07000106 (GSS) | blank2_info = {{gbmappingsmall|TR145575}} | website = {{URL|www.canterbury.gov.uk}} }} The City of Canterbury ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|æ|n|t|ər|b|ər|i}})[1] is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. The main settlement in the district is Canterbury. HistoryThe district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the existing city of Canterbury with the Whitstable and Herne Bay Urban Districts, and Bridge-Blean Rural District. The latter district entirely surrounded the city; the urban districts occupied the coastal area to the north. Politics{{main|Canterbury City Council}}GeographyWithin the district are the towns of Herne Bay and Whitstable, which with the parishes and the cathedral city itself, make up the 'City of Canterbury' district. There are 26 parishes within the district, as follows:[2]
Swalecliffe is an unparished area within the district. The area is largely rural, with a coastal strip taken up by the almost unbroken spread of seaside towns and beautiful beaches from Seasalter, west of Whitstable, to Herne Bay, Kent. Between them and the city, the hills rise into the well wooded historic Blean, south of which is the Great Stour flowing from its source beyond Ashford. Twin townsThe district participates in the Sister Cities programme, with links[3] to Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, United States and Vladimir, Russia. The Three Towns Association was founded in 1985 on the initiative of three local clergymen to promote person to person contact between ordinary people in the then USSR, the UK, and the US. The association is the only twinning between the new District Council (i.e. including Whitstable and Herne Bay) as distinct from the old city council for Canterbury alone. The name was subsequently changed to the Three Cities Association. The association chose Vladimir as the seat of Christianity in Russia. Vladimir was already twinned with Bloomington-Normal, leading to completion of the circle in a three-way 'twinning'. In those early heady days of Gorbachev, the association arranged a World First – home-stay school exchanges between the two Simon Langton Schools, and School No. 23 in Vladimir, a school in which the teaching was conducted in English. At that time, Russian was taught at the Langton schools, also facilitating communication. Association members are still in touch with friends from that era. These exchanges ran for several years, and attracted wide attention, including from Margaret Thatcher. Subsequent exchanges have been between musicians, dancers, academics, policemen, boxers and hairdressers.{{cn|date=November 2017}} Several towns and villages within the City of Canterbury district have their own twinning arrangements;[3] see in particular Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay. See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/canterbury?showCookiePolicy=true|title=Canterbury|accessdate=24 September 2014|publisher=Collins Dictionary|date=n.d.}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www2.canterbury.gov.uk/committee/mgListCommittees.aspx?PC=1&bcr=1 |title=Parish Councils |publisher=Canterbury City Council |year=2008 |accessdate=5 September 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815052908/http://www2.canterbury.gov.uk/committee/mgListCommittees.aspx?PC=1&bcr=1 |archivedate=15 August 2010 |df=dmy }} 3. ^1 {{Cite web |url=http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/buildpage.php?id=1133 |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120721071647/http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/buildpage.php?id=1133 |archive-date=21 July 2012 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }} External links
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