Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and <a href="/facts/Unitary_authorities_of_England/kwEpTwby">unitary authority area</a> in <a href="/facts/Staffordshire/w4KJHAXz">Staffordshire</a>, England. It has an estimated population of 259,965 as of 2022, making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire and one of the largest cities of the <a href="/facts/Midlands/8mgY3qAe">Midlands</a>. Stoke is surrounded by the towns of <a href="/facts/Newcastle-under-Lyme/lHKgjokB">Newcastle-under-Lyme</a>, <a href="/facts/Alsager/yxCaXoSN">Alsager</a>, <a href="/facts/Kidsgrove/6yLNsErL">Kidsgrove</a> and <a href="/facts/Biddulph/Ho9w5Qq2">Biddulph</a>, which form a <a href="/facts/Conurbation/4deBIPSV">conurbation</a> around the city.
The city is polycentric, formed from <a href="/facts/Federation_of_Stoke-on-Trent/mLgn100P">the federation of six towns</a> in 1910. It took its name from the town of <a href="/facts/Stoke-upon-Trent/aytApqWh">Stoke-upon-Trent</a> where the main centre of government and the principal <a href="/facts/Stoke-on-Trent_railway_station/FB9IKgYn">railway station</a> in the district were located. <a href="/facts/Hanley/6b8Xud2A">Hanley</a> is the primary commercial centre. The other four towns which form the city are <a href="/facts/Burslem/Y8PtAt9H">Burslem</a>, <a href="/facts/Tunstall%2c_Staffordshire/TGLqyquc">Tunstall</a>, <a href="/facts/Longton%2c_Staffordshire/pdWuLupS">Longton</a> and <a href="/facts/Fenton%2c_Staffordshire/vwQRf0ya">Fenton</a>.
The home of the <a href="/facts/Pottery/XLcUT1mX">pottery</a> industry in England, it is known as <a href="/facts/Staffordshire_Potteries/VEq8GJ5x">The Potteries</a>. It is a centre for <a href="/facts/Tertiary_sector_of_the_economy/IbtKqotL">service industries</a> and <a href="/facts/Distribution_(marketing)/FY5Clxlb">distribution centres</a>. It formerly had a primarily <a href="/facts/Heavy_industry/yFY3ovdz">heavy industry</a> sector.

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