Amherst

Summary

Amherst is a town in Nova Scotia^[1]. Amherst draws 1,224 Wikipedia views per month (town_in_nova_scotia category, ranking #7 of 25).^[2]

Key Facts

• Amherst is located in Cumberland County^[3].
• Amherst is in the country of Canada^[4].
• Amherst's head of government is recorded as Q131747951^[5].
• Amherst's head of government is recorded as Q131747949^[6].
• Amherst's instance of is recorded as town in Nova Scotia^[7].
• Amherst's shares border with is recorded as Fort Lawrence^[8].
• Amherst's shares border with is recorded as East Amherst^[9].
• Amherst's shares border with is recorded as West Amherst^[10].
• Amherst's shares border with is recorded as Upper Nappan^[11].
• Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst is named after Amherst^[12].
• Amherst's Commons category is recorded as Amherst, Nova Scotia^[13].
• Amherst's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00^[14].
• 1764 marks the founding of Amherst^[15].
• Amherst's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 45.833333333333336, 'lon': -64.21305555555556}^[16].
• Amherst's official website is recorded as http://www.amherst.ca/^[17].
• Amherst's official website is recorded as https://www.amherst.ca/^[18].
• Amherst's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amherst, Nova Scotia^[19].
• Amherst has a population of {'amount': '+9505'}^[20].
• Amherst has a population of {'amount': '+9717'}^[21].
• Amherst has a population of {'amount': '+9550'}^[22].
• Amherst has a population of {'amount': '+9548'}^[23].
• Amherst's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[24].
• Amherst's described by source is recorded as MemoryNS^[25].
• Amherst's category for people born here is recorded as Q17149487^[26].
• Amherst's category for people who died here is recorded as Q112727556^[27].

Body

Founding

1764 marks the founding of Amherst^[15].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Amherst include Amherst^[28], a village of Wisconsin^[29], in United States^[30].

Why It Matters

Amherst draws 1,224 Wikipedia views per month (town_in_nova_scotia category, ranking #7 of 25).^[2] Amherst has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Amherst is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for Amherst include Amherst^[28], a village of Wisconsin^[29], in United States^[30].