Newport is a city and also unitary authority location in south east Wales, on the River Usk near to its convergence with the Severn Tidewater, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the 3rd largest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area, with a population of 1,097. Newport has been a port considering that middle ages times, when the first Newport Castle was developed by the Normans. The town outgrew the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, promptly upstream, and gained its initial charter in 1314. It grew substantially in the 19th century, when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Up until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Increasing of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which led to the re-branding of the Duffryn High School right into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the docks declined in importance, however Newport continued to be a crucial manufacturing and also engineering centre. It was given city status in 2002. Newport held the Ryder Cup in 2010 and also was the place for the 2014 NATO summit.