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company town

place where practically all stores and housing are owned by the one company that is also the main employer
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company town

Summary

company town is an urban planning[1]. It draws 1,568 Wikipedia views per month (urban_planning category, ranking #1 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • company town's instance of is recorded as urban planning[3].
  • company town's instance of is recorded as concept[4].
  • company town's instance of is recorded as Japanese local economic programs[5].
  • company town is a type of town[6].
  • company town is a type of urban-type settlement[7].
  • company town's Commons category is recorded as Company towns[8].
  • company town's said to be the same as is recorded as workers colony[9].
  • company town's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Company towns[10].
  • company town's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • company town's different from is recorded as monotown[12].
  • company town's has list is recorded as list of company towns[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include urban planning[3], concept[4], and Japanese local economic programs[5]. Recorded subclass of include town[6] and urban-type settlement[7].

Why It Matters

company town draws 1,568 Wikipedia views per month (urban_planning category, ranking #1 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

urban planning

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → workers colony
    Instance of → urban planning, concept, Japanese local economic programs
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007545496505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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