Blackburn

Summary

Blackburn is a town^[1]. Blackburn ranks in the top 0.4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (939 views/month, #38 of 9,456).^[2]

Key Facts

• Blackburn is located in Blackburn with Darwen^[3].
• Blackburn is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Blackburn's image is recorded as Blackburn Lancashire Townscape.jpg^[5].
• Blackburn's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Blackburn's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[7].
• Blackburn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Altena^[8].
• Blackburn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Péronne^[9].
• Blackburn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tarnów^[10].
• Blackburn's GND ID is recorded as 4229600-6^[11].
• Blackburn's Commons category is recorded as Blackburn^[12].
• Blackburn's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[13].
• Blackburn's local dialing code is recorded as 01254^[14].
• Blackburn's OS grid reference is recorded as SD685277^[15].
• Blackburn's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.7449, 'lon': -2.4769}^[16].
• Blackburn's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01w2dq^[17].
• Blackburn's official website is recorded as http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/^[18].
• Blackburn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blackburn^[19].
• Blackburn's page banner is recorded as Blackburn banner Cathedral Window.JPG^[20].
• Blackburn's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 7ca97e51-54a1-4b5a-a6f9-3a00a27efcc7^[21].
• Blackburn's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Lancashire/Blackburn/^[22].
• Blackburn's population is recorded as {'amount': '+117963'}^[23].
• Blackburn's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0010304^[24].
• Blackburn's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Blackburn's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[26].
• Blackburn's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[27].

Body

Geography

Blackburn is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Blackburn is located in Blackburn with Darwen^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Blackburn's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+24.5'}^[28]. Blackburn's population is recorded as {'amount': '+117963'}^[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6] and unparished area^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Blackburn include Blackburn Rovers F.C.^[29], an association football club^[30], in United Kingdom^[31], founded in 1875^[32], headquartered in Blackburn^[33] and Blackburn railway station^[34], a railway station^[35], in United Kingdom^[36].

Why It Matters

Blackburn ranks in the top 0.4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (939 views/month, #38 of 9,456).^[2] Blackburn has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Blackburn is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Blackburn include Blackburn Rovers F.C.^[29], an association football club^[30], in United Kingdom^[31], founded in 1875^[32], headquartered in Blackburn^[33] and Blackburn railway station^[34], a railway station^[35], in United Kingdom^[36].