Truro

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Truro

Total population

12,954

Coordinates45.37°, -63.29°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Truro is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom and lies 232 miles (373 km) west-south-west of London. It is Cornwall's county town, only city and a centre for administration, leisure and shopping. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 21,046 and that of the built-up area was 23,060, as defined by the Office for National Statistics, which included the Gloweth and Treliske areas in the neighbouring parish of Kenwyn.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Edwin King Blaikie

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William Everett Blaikie

Adams George Archibald

Canadian politician (1814–1892)

Robert Stanfield

Canadian politician, Premier of Nova Scotia and Federal Leader of the Queen's Loyal Opposition (1914–2003)

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Jeff Douglas

Canadian actor

Pierre Collings

American screenwriter and cinematographer (1900-1937)

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Rand Holmes

Canadian artist and illustrator (1942–2002)

Tracy Cameron

Canadian rower

Portia White

Canadian opera singer (1911-1968)

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J. Chalmers Doane

music educator

Lewis MacKenzie

Canadian general

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Stan Maxwell

Canadian ice hockey player

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Trevor Ettinger

Canadian ice hockey player (1980–2003)

Anna Haining Bates

Canadian sideshow performer (1846–1888)

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Art Dorrington

American ice hockey player (1930-2017)

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Beth Iskiw

Canadian female curler

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Truro

Truro, Nova Scotia

St. John's Church, Truro, Nova Scotia

Clifford R. Dunphy · 1973

The construction of St. John's Church, Truro, Nova Scotia

Clifford R. Dunphy · 1973

Brunswick Street United Church, Truro, Nova Scotia

Neil Fisher · 1979

Laws and ordinances relating to the town of Truro, Nova Scotia

Truro (N.S.) · 1879

STATISTICAL RESEARCH FOR HIGH WATERS AT BOARD LANDING BRIDGE, TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA

CANADA. DEPT. OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS. MARINE SCIENCES AND INFORMATION DIRECTORATE

St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church, Truro, Nova Scotia

1988

Two centuries of Christian witness in Truro, Nova Scotia, First United Church, 1760-1960

Walter McNeill Matthews · 1960

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers