Atherton

Summary

Atherton is a town^[1]. Atherton ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Atherton is located in Wigan^[3].
• Atherton is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Atherton's image is recorded as Market Street, Atherton.jpg^[5].
• Atherton's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Atherton's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[7].
• Atherton's shares border with is recorded as Little Hulton^[8].
• Atherton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147852070^[9].
• Atherton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88080928^[10].
• Atherton's postal code is recorded as M46^[11].
• Atherton's Commons category is recorded as Atherton, Greater Manchester^[12].
• Atherton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[13].
• Atherton's local dialing code is recorded as 01942^[14].
• Atherton's OS grid reference is recorded as SD672030^[15].
• Atherton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.523, 'lon': -2.495}^[16].
• Atherton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05kbsp^[17].
• Atherton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Atherton, Greater Manchester^[18].
• Atherton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+22000'}^[19].
• Atherton's WOEID is recorded as 11353^[20].
• Atherton's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Atherton's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• Atherton's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Atherton's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[24].
• Atherton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2656847^[25].
• Atherton's BBC Things ID is recorded as f50292f7-c152-4d26-a9ea-c48af649b83c^[26].
• Atherton's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Atherton, Greater Manchester^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Atherton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+22000'}^[19].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Atherton ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (118 views/month).^[2] Atherton has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Atherton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]