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Castle Cary

town in Somerset, England, UK
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Castle Cary

Summary

Castle Cary is a civil parish[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of civil_parish entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Castle Cary is located in South Somerset[3].
  • Castle Cary is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Castle Cary's image is recorded as Castle Cary church.jpg[5].
  • Castle Cary's instance of is recorded as civil parish[6].
  • Castle Cary's instance of is recorded as town[7].
  • Castle Cary's instance of is recorded as market town[8].
  • Castle Cary's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140830006[9].
  • Castle Cary's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88187238[10].
  • Castle Cary's postal code is recorded as BA7[11].
  • Castle Cary's Commons category is recorded as Castle Cary[12].
  • Castle Cary's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2904004[13].
  • Castle Cary's said to be the same as is recorded as Castle Cary[14].
  • Castle Cary's local dialing code is recorded as 01963[15].
  • Castle Cary's OS grid reference is recorded as ST641322[16].
  • Castle Cary's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.087980555556, 'lon': -2.51395}[17].
  • Castle Cary's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03mf3c[18].
  • Castle Cary's authority is recorded as Castle Cary Town Council[19].
  • Castle Cary's GSS code is recorded as E04008673[20].
  • Castle Cary's official website is recorded as http://www.castlecary.org.uk/[21].
  • Castle Cary's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castle Cary[22].
  • Castle Cary's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2411'}[23].
  • Castle Cary's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2178'}[24].
  • Castle Cary's population is recorded as {'amount': '+2276'}[25].
  • Castle Cary's WOEID is recorded as 15339[26].
  • Castle Cary's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2653601[27].

Body

Geography

Castle Cary is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in South Somerset[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+2411'}[23], {'amount': '+2178'}[24], and {'amount': '+2276'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include civil parish[6], town[7], and market town[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Castle Cary include it railway station[28], a railway station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

Why It Matters

Castle Cary ranks in the top 2% of civil_parish entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include it railway station[28], a railway station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Steinsky · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Authority → Castle Cary Town Council
    Instance of → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → South Somerset
    Population → —
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P131]]: [[Q8023696]], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1777669348224"
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