Ashford

Summary

Ashford is a town^[1]. Ashford ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,021 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ashford is located in Ashford^[3].
• Ashford is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Ashford's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Ashford's instance of is recorded as market town^[6].
• Ashford's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[7].
• Ashford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bad Münstereifel^[8].
• Ashford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fougères^[9].
• Ashford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hopewell^[10].
• Ashford's Commons category is recorded as Ashford, Kent^[11].
• Ashford's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[12].
• Ashford's local dialing code is recorded as 01233^[13].
• 893 marks the founding of Ashford^[14].
• Ashford's OS grid reference is recorded as TR005425^[15].
• Ashford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.1465, 'lon': 0.8676}^[16].
• Ashford's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ashford, Kent^[17].
• Ashford has a population of {'amount': '+67528'}^[18].
• Ashford has a population of {'amount': '+83213'}^[19].
• Ashford's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Ashford's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Ashford's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• Ashford's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Ashford's capital of is recorded as Ashford^[24].
• Ashford's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ashford'}^[25].
• Ashford's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Ashford, Kent^[26].
• Ashford's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Ashford, Kent^[27].

Body

Geography

Ashford is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Ashford is located in Ashford^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Ashford sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+41'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+67528'}^[18] and {'amount': '+83213'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[5], market town^[6], and unparished area^[7].

History and Context

893 marks the founding of Ashford^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ashford include Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet^[29], a municipality^[30], in Canada^[31], founded in 1898^[32] and Ashford United F.C.^[33], an association football club^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1891^[36], headquartered in Kingsnorth^[37].

Why It Matters

Ashford ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,021 views/month).^[2] Ashford has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Ashford is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Ashford include Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet^[29], a municipality^[30], in Canada^[31], founded in 1898^[32] and Ashford United F.C.^[33], an association football club^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1891^[36], headquartered in Kingsnorth^[37].