Avon

Summary

Avon is a non-metropolitan county^[1]. Avon draws 158 Wikipedia views per month (non_metropolitan_county category, ranking #5 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• Avon is located in South West England^[3].
• Avon is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Avon's instance of is recorded as non-metropolitan county^[5].
• Avon's instance of is recorded as former administrative territorial entity^[6].
• Avon's instance of is recorded as ceremonial county of England^[7].
• Avon's coat of arms image is recorded as Arms of Avon County Council.svg^[8].
• Avon's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126705537^[9].
• Avon's locator map image is recorded as EnglandAvon.svg^[10].
• Avon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83053212^[11].
• Avon's Commons category is recorded as Avon (county)^[12].
• +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Avon^[13].
• Avon was dissolved in +1996-03-31T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Avon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.45, 'lon': -2.583}^[15].
• Avon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0yrvc^[16].
• Avon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Avon (county)^[17].
• Avon's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0006314^[18].
• Avon's replaced by is recorded as City of Bristol^[19].
• Avon's replaced by is recorded as South Gloucestershire^[20].
• Avon's replaced by is recorded as North Somerset^[21].
• Avon's replaced by is recorded as Bath and North East Somerset^[22].
• Avon's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2656749^[23].
• Avon's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7008102^[24].
• Avon's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2588842^[25].
• Avon's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Avon^[26].
• Avon's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 8484^[27].

Body

Geography

Avon is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Avon is located in South West England^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include non-metropolitan county^[5], former administrative territorial entity^[6], and ceremonial county of England^[7].

History and Context

+1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Avon^[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Avon include Avon-by-the-Sea^[28], a borough of New Jersey^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1900^[31].

Why It Matters

Avon draws 158 Wikipedia views per month (non_metropolitan_county category, ranking #5 of 8).^[2] Avon has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Avon is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Avon include Avon-by-the-Sea^[28], a borough of New Jersey^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1900^[31].