Ashden
Ashden is a municipality and one of the northernmost townships in Northlea Governorate, Arcerion. The town has a population of 11,224 as of the 2020 census and is expected to grow to 15,000 by 2030. Ashden is in a remote part of Arcerion, located in the Northumbraeland Mountains on the border with the New Archduchy. It sits in the Northern part of the Arcer Heartland, a vast expanse of plains and rivers that are flanked to the North by the Northumbraeland Mountains and from the South by the Aileach Mountains.
Ashden | |
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 From upper left: Skyline of Ashden in the Northumbraeland Mountains, Wide shot of the town of Ashden, A ski resort in the Northumbraeland Mountains near Ashden, Skiers in the Northumbraeland Mountains | |
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| Motto(s): "Mountains Above" | |
| Country | Arcerion |
| Governorate | Northlea Governorate |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 11,224 |
| Time zone | UTC+0:00 (GMT) |
Originally it was founded as part of the Ashden Garrison, a place from where members of the Arcerion Mounted Rifles could conduct armed patrols into Indigenous territory to protect the Northern parts of Northlea Governorate from raids.
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Geography
Ashden Municipal Airport
Ashden Municipal Airport (IATA: AMA) is an international airport located on the outskirts of Ashden Municipality. The airport primarily serves Ashden Township as well as the surrounding area and is the largest commercial air freight airport in Northern Arcerion. It is considered one of the most active airports in the Arcer Heartland outside of Presdale International Airport.
The airport opened in 1957 as the Northumbraeland Airfield to service Arcerion Air Force helicopters assisting with tactical airlift, and would later be greatly expanded during the Fourth Bush War as a centre for casualty evacuation aircraft and the launching of fighter bomber sorties to service the Operation Teflon area of operations.
In the 1980s with the vast increase in private wealth investment and the expansion of ski and winter sport activities Ashden opened an additional runway and private air terminal, which no regularly services the most private jet aircraft compared to any other regional non-capital airport in South Crona.
Ashden includes a pair of 3,050 m x 61 m asphalt runways, enough to handle large cargo operations from transcontinental air freight coming from Levantia or Sarpedon.