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Clacton-on-Sea

town in Essex, England
Place Town Q985833

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
town, unparished area[4]
Native label
Clacton-on-Sea[12]
Official name
Clacton-on-Sea[11]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.792°, 1.146°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Tendring[2]

Population and size

Area
+41.76[13]
Population
+50548[8]

Codes

Local dialing code
01255[6]
More facts +5
Capital of
Tendring[10]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9]
Historic county
Essex[14]
OS grid reference
TM170150[7]
Twinned administrative body
Valence[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Clacton en Clacton-on-Sea fa کلکتون-آن-سی fa کلکتون-ان-سی he קלאקטון-און-סי ja クラクトン・オン・シー ja クラクトン＝オン＝シー ko 클랙턴온시 ru Клактон-он-Си ru Клектон-он-Си ru Клэктон-он-Си sv Clacton zh 卡靈頓 zh 濱海克拉克頓 zh-hans 滨海克拉克顿
🔖 Identifiers · 29
VIAF cluster ID
136147063
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88080992
GND ID
5061044-2
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Clacton-on-Sea.jpg ↗
BBC News topic ID
c0n16pl8x5et
BBC Things ID
7785ddd0-b39f-4bf9-bef2-4300cf5ae30d
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12020172
Curlie ID
Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Essex/Clacton-on-Sea/
FAST ID
1249331
FactGrid item ID
American Idol
Freebase ID
/m/020cz_
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2592633
Show all 29 identifiers +17
GeoNames ID
2652974
IdRef ID
236351575
J9U entity ID
987007564942305171
MusicBrainz area ID
b32da60b-dc91-420c-b424-0b6f88f3971c
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3886924
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtNdZm4yEF7n
Quora topic ID
Clacton-on-Sea
TOID
4000000074545088
Topic's main category
Category:Clacton-on-Sea
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
452955
UN/LOCODE
GBCLS
Vision of Britain place ID
925
WOEID
16138
Wellcome Collection concept ID
pnvv9sxp
Who's on First ID
101750403
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgcXp4CbKqtjmrwWRyDbd
Yale LUX ID
place/6c923c81-23a8-4053-9ef2-ae99ddf4a7d2

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🔗 Connections
People born here 6
Paul Banks, Jennifer Worth, Ian Westlake, Graham Hurley, Mike Everitt, Adrian Brown
Has these parts 2
Holland-on-Sea, Great Clacton
Capital of 1
Tendring
Country 1
United Kingdom
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
FactGrid item ID 1
American Idol
Instance of 1
town
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Tendring
Located in time zone 1
UTC+00:00
Named after 1
Clactonian
People who died here 1
Catherine Booth
Residents 1
Paul Barber
Topic's main category 1
Category:Clacton-on-Sea
Twinned administrative body 1
Valence
← Capital 1
Tendring
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Clacton-on-Sea
← Twinned administrative body 1
Valence
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Summary

Clacton-on-Sea is a town[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Clacton-on-Sea include Clactonian[15], an archaeological culture[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Clacton-on-Sea include Clactonian[15], an archaeological culture[16].

Related Entities

American Idol United Kingdom Valence

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Tendring
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Clacton-on-Sea
    Coordinate location → 51.792°, 1.146°
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48912: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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