what county is the city of hampton va in?
Hampton
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 Hampton Roads is home to four Fortune 500 companies . Representing the food industry , transportation , retail and shipbuilding , these four companies are located in Smithfield , Norfolk , Chesapeake and Newport News . 

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 Newport News is an independent city with services that counties and cities in Virginia provide , such as a sheriff , social services , and a court system . 

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 Norfolk ( / ˈnɔːrfᵿk / NOR @-@ fək , local / ˈnɒfʊk / NOF @-@ uuk ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia , United States . At the 2010 census , the population was 242 @,@ 803 ; in 2015 , the population was estimated to be 247 @,@ 189 making it the second @-@ most populous city in Virginia , behind neighboring Virginia Beach . 

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 Since Norfolk contains the central business district of Hampton Roads , most of the major spectator sports are located there . While the Hampton Roads area has been recently considered as a viable prospect for major @-@ league professional sports , and regional leaders have attempted to obtain Major League Baseball , NBA and NHL franchises in the recent past , no team has yet relocated to the area . Hampton Roads is the 3rd largest metropolitan area in the United States without a club in a major professional sports league , after the Las Vegas and Austin metropolitan areas . 

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 Norfolk is an independent city with services that both counties and cities in Virginia provide , such as a sheriff , social services , and a court system . Norfolk operates under a council @-@ manager form of government . 
