Penzance
Penzance (Cornish: Pensans, also Penzans, IPA: /p?n'zæns/)
is a town, civil parish, and port in the Penwith district
of Cornwall, England, UK. Granted various Royal Charters
from 1512 onwards and incorporated in 1614, it has a
population of 20,255 people and is currently Penwith's
principal town. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay,
the town faces south-east onto the English Channel,
is bordered to the west by the fishing port of Newlyn
and to the east by the civil parish of Ludgvan. The
town's location gives it a temperate climate that makes
it warmer than most of the rest of Britain.
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