Cambridgeshire

ceremonial county of England, UK
AdministrativeArea ceremonial_county_of_england Q23112
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Summary

Cambridgeshire is a ceremonial county of England[1]. Cambridgeshire draws 4,219 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial county of england category, ranking #31 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: East of England[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Capital: Cambridge[5]
  • Shares border with: Hertfordshire[6], Essex[7], Lincolnshire[8], Norfolk[9], Suffolk[10], Bedfordshire[11], Northamptonshire[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Cambridgeshire[13], City of Peterborough[14]
  • Commons category: Cambridgeshire[15]
  • Said to be the same as: Cambridgeshire[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cambridgeshire[17]
  • Population: 806,700[18], 852,523[19], 859,830[20]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Cambridgeshire[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Cambridgeshire[27]
  • Native label: Cambridgeshire[28]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Cambridgeshire[29]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Cambridgeshire[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Cambridgeshire[31]
  • Different from: Cambridgeshire[32]
  • Area: 3389.6122 km²[33]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Cambridgeshire[34]
  • Historic county: Huntingdonshire[35]
  • Economy of topic: economy of Cambridgeshire[36]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Cambridgeshire[37]

Why It Matters

Cambridgeshire has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Cambridgeshire is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 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] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → —
    Economy of topic → economy of Cambridgeshire
    Topic's main category → Category:Cambridgeshire
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: cambridgeshire, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922116|cambridgeshire (#289922116)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
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