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Torpoint
Torpoint ((コーンウォール語:Penntorr)) is a civil parish and town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymouth across the Hamoaze which is the tidal estuary of the River Tamar.〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3〕
Torpoint has a population of 8,457 (2001 census),decreasing to 8,364 at the 2011 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=civil parish population 2011 )〕 Two electoral wards also exist(Torpoint East and West).Their combined populations at the same census were 7,717〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ward of Torpoint West 2011 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ward of Torpoint East 2011 )〕 In the Cornish language Torpoint is called Penntorr (local folk band Pentorr have taken their name from this).
Torpoint is linked to Plymouth (and Devonport) by the Torpoint Ferry. The three vessels that operate the service are chain ferries – that is, they are propelled across the river by pulling themselves on fixed chains which lie across the bed of the river. The journey takes about seven minutes.
==Origin of name==
It is said that Torpoint's name is derived from Tar Point, a name given because of the initial industry on the west bank of the Hamoaze. However this is actually a nickname given by workers, Torpoint meaning "rocky headland".
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