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is a city, unitary Jobs Bristol authority
area and ceremonial county in South West England,
105 miles (169 km) west of London, and 44
miles (71 km) east of Cardiff. Jobs Bristol
With an estimated population of 416,400
for the unitary authority in mid-2007,[3]
and a surrounding urban area with an estimated
561,500 residents,[3] Jobs Bristol it is
England's sixth, and the United Kingdom's
eighth most populous city, one of England's
core cities and the most populous city in
South West England. It received a Royal
Charter Jobs Bristol in 1155 and was granted
County status in 1373. From the 13th century,
for half a millennium, it ranked amongst
the top three English cities after London,
alongside York and Norwich,[4] until the
Jobs Bristol rapid rise of Liverpool, Birmingham
and Manchester during the Industrial Revolution
in the latter part of the 18th century.
It Jobs Bristol borders the counties
of Somerset and Gloucestershire, also located
near the historic cities of Bath to the
south Jobs Bristol east and Gloucester to
the north. The city is built around the
River Avon, and it also has a short coastline
on the estuary of the River Severn where
Jobs Bristol it flows into the Bristol Channel.
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