Chelmsford

non-metropolitan district in Essex, England, UK
AdministrativeArea district_with_city_status Q894080
Chelmsford
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Chelmsford

Summary

Chelmsford is a district with city status[1]. Chelmsford draws 57 Wikipedia views per month (district_with_city_status category, ranking #9 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chelmsford is located in Essex[3].
  • Chelmsford is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Chelmsford's image is recorded as Shirehall.jpeg[5].
  • Chelmsford's instance of is recorded as district with city status[6].
  • Chelmsford's instance of is recorded as non-metropolitan district[7].
  • Chelmsford's instance of is recorded as borough in the United Kingdom[8].
  • Chelmsford's capital is recorded as Chelmsford[9].
  • Chelmsford's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Boreham[10].
  • Chelmsford's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Broomfield[11].
  • Chelmsford's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Chignall[12].
  • Chelmsford's legislative body is recorded as council of Chelmsford City Council[13].
  • Chelmsford's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124358900[14].
  • Chelmsford's locator map image is recorded as Chelmsford UK locator map.svg[15].
  • Chelmsford's postal code is recorded as CM1[16].
  • Chelmsford's postal code is recorded as CM3[17].
  • Chelmsford's postal code is recorded as CM2[18].
  • Chelmsford's Commons category is recorded as City of Chelmsford[19].
  • Chelmsford's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 52189[20].
  • Chelmsford's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[21].
  • Chelmsford's local dialing code is recorded as 1245[22].
  • +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chelmsford[23].
  • Chelmsford's OS grid reference is recorded as TL713070[24].
  • Chelmsford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.73555555555556, 'lon': 0.47944444444444445}[25].
  • Chelmsford's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02z8vl[26].
  • Chelmsford's authority is recorded as Chelmsford City Council[27].

Body

Geography

Chelmsford is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Chelmsford is located in Essex[3].

Physical Characteristics

Chelmsford's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+338.7822'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+172600'}[29], {'amount': '+177079'}[30], {'amount': '+169300'}[31], and {'amount': '+183326'}[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include district with city status[6], non-metropolitan district[7], and borough in the United Kingdom[8].

History and Context

+1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Chelmsford[23].

Why It Matters

Chelmsford draws 57 Wikipedia views per month (district_with_city_status category, ranking #9 of 9).[2] Chelmsford has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Chelmsford is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: 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] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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