Bedford

Summary

Bedford is a borough in the United Kingdom^[1]. Bedford draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (borough_in_the_united_kingdom category, ranking #8 of 21).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bedford is located in Bedfordshire^[3].
• Bedford is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Bedford's image is recorded as CountyHallRearBedford.JPG^[5].
• Bedford's instance of is recorded as borough in the United Kingdom^[6].
• Bedford's instance of is recorded as unitary authority area in England^[7].
• Bedford's capital is recorded as Bedford^[8].
• Bedford's legislative body is recorded as council of Bedford Borough Council^[9].
• Bedford's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131308391^[10].
• Bedford's locator map image is recorded as Bedford UK locator map.svg^[11].
• Bedford's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-BDF^[12].
• Bedford's Commons category is recorded as Borough of Bedford^[13].
• Bedford's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 158396^[14].
• +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bedford^[15].
• Bedford's NUTS code is recorded as UKH24^[16].
• Bedford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.134444444444, 'lon': -0.46305555555556}^[17].
• Bedford's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02k93b^[18].
• Bedford's authority is recorded as Bedford Borough Council^[19].
• Bedford's GSS code is recorded as E06000055^[20].
• Bedford's official website is recorded as https://bedford.gov.uk/^[21].
• Bedford's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Borough of Bedford^[22].
• Bedford's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as bf59dcc6-0e6a-4559-972b-e2aafbd2e93c^[23].
• Bedford's population is recorded as {'amount': '+166300'}^[24].
• Bedford's population is recorded as {'amount': '+148100'}^[25].
• Bedford's population is recorded as {'amount': '+157800'}^[26].
• Bedford's population is recorded as {'amount': '+135400'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Bedford is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Bedford is located in Bedfordshire^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Bedford's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+476.4'}^[28]. Bedford's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+57'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+166300'}^[24], {'amount': '+148100'}^[25], {'amount': '+157800'}^[26], {'amount': '+135400'}^[27], {'amount': '+133400'}^[30], and {'amount': '+171623'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include borough in the United Kingdom^[6] and unitary authority area in England^[7].

History and Context

+2009-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bedford^[15].

Why It Matters

Bedford draws 78 Wikipedia views per month (borough_in_the_united_kingdom category, ranking #8 of 21).^[2] Bedford has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Bedford is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]