Colchester

Summary

Colchester is a town^[1]. Colchester has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Colchester is located in Colchester^[3].
• Colchester is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Colchester is on the body of water River Colne^[5].
• Colchester's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[6].
• Colchester's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[7].
• Colchester's instance of is recorded as market town^[8].
• Colchester's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Colchester followed Camulodunum^[10].
• Colchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wetzlar^[11].
• Colchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Avignon^[12].
• Colchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Imola^[13].
• Colchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yangzhou^[14].
• Colchester's postal code is recorded as CO1 – CO7^[15].
• Colchester's Commons category is recorded as Colchester^[16].
• Colchester's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[17].
• Colchester's local dialing code is recorded as 01206^[18].
• Colchester's OS grid reference is recorded as TL997254^[19].
• Colchester's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.888611, 'lon': 0.903611}^[20].
• Colchester's significant event is recorded as Siege of Colchester^[21].
• Colchester's official website is recorded as https://www.colchester.gov.uk/^[22].
• Colchester's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Colchester^[23].
• Colchester's Commons gallery is recorded as Colchester^[24].
• Colchester has a population of {'amount': '+121859'}^[25].
• Colchester has a population of {'amount': '+34559'}^[26].
• Colchester's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

Colchester is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Colchester is located in Colchester^[3]. Colchester is on the body of water River Colne^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+121859'}^[25] and {'amount': '+34559'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include unparished area^[6], civil parish^[7], market town^[8], and city^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Colchester include Colchester railway station^[28], a railway station^[29], in United Kingdom^[30]; Colchester Town railway station^[31], a railway station^[32], in United Kingdom^[33]; and Colchester United F.C.^[34], an association football club^[35], in United Kingdom^[36], founded in 1937^[37].

Why It Matters

Colchester has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Colchester is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Colchester include Colchester railway station^[28], a railway station^[29], in United Kingdom^[30]; Colchester Town railway station^[31], a railway station^[32], in United Kingdom^[33]; and Colchester United F.C.^[34], an association football club^[35], in United Kingdom^[36], founded in 1937^[37].