Bedfordshire

ceremonial county of England
AdministrativeArea ceremonial_county_of_england Q23143
Bedfordshire
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Summary

Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of England[1]. Bedfordshire draws 4,029 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial county of england category, ranking #33 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: East of England[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Capital: Bedford[5]
  • Shares border with: Hertfordshire[6], Buckinghamshire[7], Cambridgeshire[8], Northamptonshire[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bedford[10], Luton[11], Central Bedfordshire[12]
  • Commons category: Bedfordshire[13]
  • Said to be the same as: Bedfordshire[14]
  • Official website: http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bedfordshire[16]
  • Population: 590,700[17], 669,338[18], 674,992[19], 682,311[20], 206,462[21], 149,461[22]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[25], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bedfordshire[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Q106465684[30]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Bedfordshire[31]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Bedfordshire[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Bedfordshire[33]
  • Different from: Bedfordshire[34]
  • Area: 1235.4262 km²[35]
  • History of topic: history of Bedfordshire[36]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Bedfordshire[37]
  • Historic county: Bedfordshire[38]
  • Economy of topic: economy of Bedfordshire[39]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Bedfordshire[40]

Why It Matters

Bedfordshire has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Bedfordshire is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Q43444553. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Q43444553. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q24343692. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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