Truro

Truro
City
Truro Cathedral overlooking the city
Truro is located in Cornwall
Truro
Truro
Location within Cornwall
Population23,047 [1]
DemonymTruroites
OS grid referenceSW825448
• London232 miles (373 km) ENE
Civil parish
  • Truro
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
  • Cornwall
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTRURO
Postcode districtTR1-4
Dialling code01872
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
Websitetruro.gov.uk
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°15′36″N 5°03′04″W / 50.260°N 5.051°W / 50.260; -5.051

Truro (/ˈtrʊər/ ; 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 retail trading. Its population was 18,766 in the 2011 census.[1] People of Truro can be called Truronians. It grew as a trade centre through its port and as a stannary town for tin mining. It became mainland Britain's southernmost city in 1876, with the founding of the Diocese of Truro. It is home to Cornwall Council, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro Cathedral, the Hall for Cornwall and Cornwall's Courts of Justice.

  1. ^ a b Office for National Statistics 2021
  2. ^ "List of Place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel" (PDF). Cornish Language Partnership. May 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.