St Davids

St Davids Welsh: Tyddewi
City
Flag
St Davids Cathedral
St Davids
Location within Pembrokeshire
Area	17.93 sq mi (46.4 km2) (community) 0.23 sq mi (0.60 km2) (urban area)
Population	1,841 [1] (2011)
• Density	103/sq mi (40/km2)
OS grid reference	SM755255
Community	St Davids and the Cathedral Close
Principal area	Pembrokeshire
Ceremonial county	Dyfed
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAVERFORDWEST
Postcode district	SA62
Dialling code	01437
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Preseli Pembrokeshire
Welsh Assembly	Preseli Pembrokeshire
List of places UK Wales Pembrokeshire 51°52′55″N 5°16′08″W / 51.882°N 5.269°W / 51.882; -5.269

St Davids, or St David's,^[2][3] (Welsh: Tyddewi, [tɨː ˈðɛwi], lit. "David's house"), is the smallest city in the United Kingdom, with about 1,841 people living there, as of the 2011 census.^[4][5][6] It is also a community called St Davids and the Cathedral Close. It is in Pembrokeshire, Wales on the River Alun. It is where Saint David is buried, who is the patron saint of Wales. St Davids first became a city in the 12th century, but it was demoted in 1886. In the UK, the monarch gives or takes away whether a place is a city or not. In 1994, Queen Elizabeth II made St Davids a city again.

1. ↑ Office for National Statistics Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine 2011 census – St David's and the Cathedral Close C
2. ↑ Parish Headcounts for Pembrokeshire Archived 10 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine (based on 2001 Census) at Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2011-08-01
3. ↑ As specified in New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors OUP 2005. The name is often spelt without its possessive apostrophe, including by the St Davids City Council Archived 1 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine
4. ↑ "St Davids".
5. ↑ "Office for National Statistics 2011 – census – St David's and the Cathedral Close C". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
6. ↑ "GENUKI: St David's". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.