Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent ( pronunciation ( help · info ) ; aften abbreviatit tae Stoke ) is a ceety in Staffordshire , Ingland , which forms a linear conurbation amaist 12 mile (19 km) lang, wi an aurie o 36 square mile (93 km2). Thegither wi the Borough o Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Aurie . This, thegither wi the rural Staffordshire Moorlands aurie, forms North Staffordshire , which in 2001, haed a population o 457,165.

The conurbation continues tae be polycentric , haein been formed bi the federation o sax oreeginally separate touns an numerous veelages in the early-20t century. The dounset frae which the federatit toun (no a ceety till 1925) teuk its name wis Stoke-upon-Trent , acause this wis whaur the admeenistration (an chief mainline railway station ) wis locatit. Efter the union, Hanley emerged as the primary commercial centre in the ceety, despite the efforts o its rival, Burslem . The three ither component touns are Tunstall , Longton , an Fenton .

Stoke-on-Trent is considered tae be the hame o the pottery industry in Ingland an is commonly kent as The Potteries . Umwhile a primarily industrial conurbation, it is nou a centre for service industries an distribution centres .

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Coordinates : 53°00′N 2°11′W / 53.000°N 2.183°W / 53.000; -2.183