Athlone

Summary

Athlone is a town^[1]. Athlone ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,850 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Athlone is located in North-West^[3].
• Athlone is located in County Westmeath^[4].
• Athlone is in the country of Ireland^[5].
• Athlone is on the body of water River Shannon^[6].
• Athlone's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Athlone's twinned administrative body is recorded as Châteaubriant^[8].
• Athlone's postal code is recorded as N37^[9].
• Athlone's Commons category is recorded as Athlone^[10].
• Athlone's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[11].
• Athlone's local dialing code is recorded as 90^[12].
• Athlone's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.423611111111114, 'lon': -7.9425}^[13].
• Athlone's significant event is recorded as Siege of Athlone^[14].
• Athlone's significant event is recorded as Siege of Athlone^[15].
• Athlone's official website is recorded as http://www.athlone.ie/^[16].
• Athlone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Athlone^[17].
• Athlone's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Athlone's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[19].
• Athlone's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Athlone's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[21].
• Athlone's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• Athlone's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[23].
• Athlone's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Athlone'}^[24].
• Athlone's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ga', 'text': 'Baile Átha Luain'}^[25].
• Athlone's category for people born here is recorded as Category:people born in athlone^[26].
• Athlone's category for people who died here is recorded as Q41871885^[27].

Body

Geography

Athlone is in the country of Ireland^[5]. Located in include North-West^[3], a constituency of the European Parliament^[28], in Ireland^[29], founded in 2004^[30] and County Westmeath^[4], a county of Ireland^[31], in Ireland^[32], founded in 1542^[33]. Athlone is on the body of water River Shannon^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Athlone covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.92'}^[34]. Athlone sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+56'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Athlone's instance of is recorded as town^[7].

Why It Matters

Athlone ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,850 views/month).^[2] Athlone has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Athlone is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]