Barrie

Summary

Barrie is a city^[1]. Barrie has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Barrie is located in Ontario^[3].
• Barrie is located in Golden Horseshoe^[4].
• Barrie is in the country of Canada^[5].
• Barrie is on the body of water Kempenfelt Bay^[6].
• Barrie's head of government is recorded as Alex Nuttall^[7].
• Barrie's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Barrie's instance of is recorded as single-tier municipality^[9].
• Barrie's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Barrie's shares border with is recorded as Springwater^[11].
• Barrie's shares border with is recorded as Innisfil^[12].
• Barrie's shares border with is recorded as Oro-Medonte^[13].
• Barrie's shares border with is recorded as Essa^[14].
• Robert Barrie is named after Barrie^[15].
• Barrie's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zweibrücken^[16].
• Barrie's twinned administrative body is recorded as Murayama^[17].
• Barrie's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taizhou^[18].
• Barrie's legislative body is recorded as Barrie City Council^[19].
• Barrie's postal code is recorded as L9J^[20].
• Barrie's Commons category is recorded as Barrie, Ontario^[21].
• Barrie's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00^[22].
• Barrie's local dialing code is recorded as 705^[23].
• Barrie's local dialing code is recorded as 249^[24].
• Barrie's local dialing code is recorded as 683^[25].
• 1812 marks the founding of Barrie^[26].
• Barrie's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.39, 'lon': -79.686}^[27].

Body

Geography

Barrie is in the country of Canada^[5]. Located in include Ontario^[3], a province of Canada^[28], in Canada^[29], founded in 1867^[30] and Golden Horseshoe^[4], a region^[31], in Canada^[32]. Barrie is on the body of water Kempenfelt Bay^[6].

Physical Characteristics

Barrie covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+76.99'}^[33]. Barrie sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+252'}^[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+136063'}^[35], {'amount': '+141434'}^[36], and {'amount': '+147829'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], single-tier municipality^[9], and big city^[10].

History and Context

1812 marks the founding of Barrie^[26]. Robert Barrie is named after Barrie^[15].

Why It Matters

Barrie has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Barrie is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]