Weston-super-Mare [1] [2] ( Eng. Weston-super-Mare ) - a seaside resort town in the county of Somerset in England , the administrative center of the unitary unit North Somerset .
| City | |
| Weston super mayor | |
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| Weston-super-mare | |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Region | South west england |
| County | Somerset |
| History and Geography | |
| Population | |
| Population | 71,758 people ( 2001 ) |
| Official language | English |
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| Telephone code | +44 1934 |
| Postcode | , and |
Located on the coast of the Gulf of Bristol between the hills of Worldbury Hill and Blidon Hill, 29 kilometers southwest of Bristol . This city is called an exact copy of the German Hildesheim .
According to the 2001 census, the population was 71,758.
One of the attractions of the city is the Great Pier .
Famous Natives
- Alexander, Albert Victor, 1st Earl of Hillsborough (1885-1965) - Secretary of Defense of Great Britain (1946-1950).
- Blackmore Richie , guitarist.
Notes
- ↑ Great Britain. Ireland: General Map / Comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 1996; Art. ed. L. N. Kolosova; ed. G.A. Skachkova, N.N. Ryumin. - Rev. in 2007 Omsk cartograph. foy. - 1: 1,500,000, 15 km per 1 cm. - M.: Roskartografiya, 1996; Omsk: cartograph. f-ka, 2007 .-- ISBN 978-5-9523-0198-6 . - 2,000 copies.
- ↑ Weston-super-Mare // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / ed. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 388.