Colchester

Summary

Colchester is a town^[1]. Colchester ranks in the top 0.23% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,074 views/month, #22 of 9,456).^[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 image is recorded as Colchester town center.jpg^[6].
• Colchester's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[7].
• Colchester's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[8].
• Colchester's instance of is recorded as market town^[9].
• Colchester's instance of is recorded as city^[10].
• Colchester's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of Colchester.svg^[11].
• Colchester's follows is recorded as Camulodunum^[12].
• Colchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wetzlar^[13].
• Colchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Avignon^[14].
• Colchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Imola^[15].
• Colchester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yangzhou^[16].
• Colchester's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146579883^[17].
• Colchester's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 236144783073051985779^[18].
• Colchester's GND ID is recorded as 4085297-0^[19].
• Colchester's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80086503^[20].
• Colchester's postal code is recorded as CO1 – CO7^[21].
• Colchester's Commons category is recorded as Colchester^[22].
• Colchester's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[23].
• Colchester's local dialing code is recorded as 01206^[24].
• Colchester's OS grid reference is recorded as TL997254^[25].
• Colchester's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.888611, 'lon': 0.903611}^[26].
• Colchester's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01n4nd^[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'}^[28] and {'amount': '+34559'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include unparished area^[7], civil parish^[8], market town^[9], and city^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Colchester include Colchester United F.C.^[30], an association football club^[31], in United Kingdom^[32], founded in 1937^[33], headquartered in Colchester^[34]; Colchester railway station^[35], a railway station^[36], in United Kingdom^[37]; and Colchester Town railway station^[38], a railway station^[39], in United Kingdom^[40].

Why It Matters

Colchester ranks in the top 0.23% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,074 views/month, #22 of 9,456).^[2] Colchester has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Colchester is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Colchester include Colchester United F.C.^[30], an association football club^[31], in United Kingdom^[32], founded in 1937^[33], headquartered in Colchester^[34]; Colchester railway station^[35], a railway station^[36], in United Kingdom^[37]; and Colchester Town railway station^[38], a railway station^[39], in United Kingdom^[40].