Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle, often shortened to, is a City (city) in the county Tyne and Wear in North East England.

It is an independent municipality with a population of 266.589 (2003). With the municipalities of North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Gateshead it forms one urban area, the Newcastle-Gateshead metro pool, which has a population of 799,000. Newcastle is the main town of North East England.

A native of Newcastle is also known as a called Geordie .



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == The city was founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian . After the Romans had departed from England was the place, then known as Monk chester, the capital of theKingdom of Northumbria and became an important place of pilgrimage because of the Holy source of the Jesus mountain, nowadays Jesmond. In battles with the Vikings in1080, the city was nearly completely destroyed. During the Middle Ages was Newcastle, located on the border with Scotland, an important fortified town. The city grew enormously at the time of the industrial revolution, but the industry hit halfway through the 20th century in decline. ==Sports[ Edit] == ===Newcastle United[ Edit] === The football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne is called Newcastle United, nicknamed "The Magpies". The stadium is the St. James ' Park and the club plays in the Premier League, the highest Football League in England. Newcastle United playing in the club colors black and white. The club was champion in the Premier League four times, and three times in the Championship. ===Cycling<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Newcastle upon Tyne was on 30 July 1989 the start and finish place of the first edition of the Wincanton Classic, a 236.5 kilometer cycling classic about who at the time was part of the battle for the World Cup. Frans Maassen won the very first episode of this British cycling race. ==Born<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Town Twinning<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
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 * 2.1 Newcastle United
 * 2.2 cycling
 * 3 Born
 * 4 town twinning
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