Basingstoke

Summary

Basingstoke is a town^[1]. Basingstoke ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (425 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Basingstoke is located in Basingstoke and Deane^[3].
• Basingstoke is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Basingstoke's image is recorded as Basingstoke station.jpg^[5].
• Basingstoke's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Basingstoke's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Basingstoke's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[8].
• Basingstoke's shares border with is recorded as Reading^[9].
• Basingstoke's shares border with is recorded as Farleigh Wallop^[10].
• Basingstoke's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alençon^[11].
• Basingstoke's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 156029898^[12].
• Basingstoke's GND ID is recorded as 4789463-5^[13].
• Basingstoke's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87112514^[14].
• Basingstoke's postal code is recorded as RG21^[15].
• Basingstoke's postal code is recorded as RG22^[16].
• Basingstoke's postal code is recorded as RG23^[17].
• Basingstoke's postal code is recorded as RG24^[18].
• Basingstoke's postal code is recorded as RG25^[19].
• Basingstoke's Commons category is recorded as Basingstoke^[20].
• Basingstoke's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[21].
• Basingstoke's local dialing code is recorded as 01256^[22].
• Basingstoke's OS grid reference is recorded as SU637523^[23].
• Basingstoke's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.262826, 'lon': -1.0861976}^[24].
• Basingstoke's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.262489, 'lon': -1.08708}^[25].
• Basingstoke's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ykl0^[26].
• Basingstoke's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1037066^[27].

Body

Geography

Basingstoke is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Basingstoke is located in Basingstoke and Deane^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Basingstoke's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+29.185'}^[28]. Basingstoke's population is recorded as {'amount': '+107355'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6], big city^[7], and unparished area^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Basingstoke include Basingstoke Town F.C.^[30], an association football club^[31], in United Kingdom^[32], founded in 1896^[33], headquartered in Basingstoke^[34] and Basingstoke railway station^[35], a railway station^[36], in United Kingdom^[37].

Why It Matters

Basingstoke ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (425 views/month).^[2] Basingstoke has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Basingstoke is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Basingstoke include Basingstoke Town F.C.^[30], an association football club^[31], in United Kingdom^[32], founded in 1896^[33], headquartered in Basingstoke^[34] and Basingstoke railway station^[35], a railway station^[36], in United Kingdom^[37].