Dover is a major port on the south-east coast of England. Situated in the county of Kent, it faces France across the English Channel. The town is the administrative centre of the Dover district. At the 2001 census, the town of Dover proper had a population of 28,156 inhabitants, while the population of the whole urban area of Dover, as calculated by the Office for National Statistics, was 39,078 inhabitants. Dover is famous for its white cliffs, which are made of chalk. The cliffs gave Britain its nickname of Albion, meaning "white". The town's name derives from the Brythonic Dubr?s ("the waters"), via its Latinized form of Dubris. Dover is represented in Parliament by the Labour MP Gwyn Prosser. Since 1836 the town of Dover (originally being the two parishes of Dover St. Mary's and Dover St. James) has incorporated the ancient villages and parishes of Buckland and Charlton. These are now suburbs of