Alton

Summary

Alton is a town^[1]. Alton ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).^[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 image is recorded as Alton - geograph.org.uk - 56453.jpg^[6].
• Alton's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Alton's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[8].
• Alton's shares border with is recorded as Golden Pot^[9].
• Alton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Montecchio Maggiore^[10].
• Alton's postal code is recorded as GU34^[11].
• Alton's Commons category is recorded as Alton, Hampshire^[12].
• Alton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3344949^[13].
• Alton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[14].
• Alton's local dialing code is recorded as 01420^[15].
• Alton's OS grid reference is recorded as SU716394^[16].
• Alton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.1498, 'lon': -0.9769}^[17].
• Alton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01z68l^[18].
• Alton's authority is recorded as Alton Town Council^[19].
• Alton's GSS code is recorded as E04004490^[20].
• Alton's official website is recorded as http://www.alton.gov.uk/^[21].
• Alton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alton, Hampshire^[22].
• Alton's Commons gallery is recorded as Alton, Hampshire^[23].
• Alton's page banner is recorded as Alton (Hampshire) banner The Public Gardens.jpg^[24].
• Alton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as f38c772f-3523-477f-aba6-b19fb74f3f9a^[25].
• Alton's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Hampshire/Alton/^[26].
• Alton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+19429'}^[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'}^[27], {'amount': '+16051'}^[28], and {'amount': '+17816'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[7] and civil parish^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Alton include Alton railway station^[30], a railway station^[31], in United Kingdom^[32].

Why It Matters

Alton ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).^[2] Alton has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Alton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Alton include Alton railway station^[30], a railway station^[31], in United Kingdom^[32].