Alton

Summary

Alton is a town^[1]. Alton has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• A notable work attributed to Alton is Scientific European^[3].
• Alton is located in East Hampshire^[4].
• Alton is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Alton's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Alton's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[7].
• Alton's shares border with is recorded as Golden Pot^[8].
• Alton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Montecchio Maggiore^[9].
• Alton's postal code is recorded as GU34^[10].
• Alton's Commons category is recorded as Alton, Hampshire^[11].
• Alton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[12].
• Alton's local dialing code is recorded as 01420^[13].
• Alton's OS grid reference is recorded as SU716394^[14].
• Alton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.1498, 'lon': -0.9769}^[15].
• Alton's authority is recorded as Alton Town Council^[16].
• Alton's official website is recorded as http://www.alton.gov.uk/^[17].
• Alton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alton, Hampshire^[18].
• Alton's Commons gallery is recorded as Alton, Hampshire^[19].
• Alton has a population of {'amount': '+19429'}^[20].
• Alton has a population of {'amount': '+16051'}^[21].
• Alton has a population of {'amount': '+17816'}^[22].
• Alton's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Alton's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[24].
• Alton's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Alton's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Alton, Hampshire^[26].
• Alton's category for people who died here is recorded as Q21000464^[27].

Body

Geography

Alton is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Alton is located in East Hampshire^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+19429'}^[20], {'amount': '+16051'}^[21], and {'amount': '+17816'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6] and civil parish^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Alton include Alton railway station^[28], a railway station^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].

Why It Matters

Alton has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Alton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Alton include Alton railway station^[28], a railway station^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].