Corby

town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England
Place town Q994925
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Corby

Summary

Corby is a town[1]. Corby ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (323 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Corby is located in North Northamptonshire[3].
  • Corby is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Corby's image is recorded as Corby skyline.JPG[5].
  • Corby's image is recorded as Corby Cube.jpg[6].
  • Corby's instance of is recorded as town[7].
  • Corby's instance of is recorded as new town (UK)[8].
  • Corby's instance of is recorded as civil parish[9].
  • Corby's shares border with is recorded as Oakham[10].
  • Corby's twinned administrative body is recorded as Velbert[11].
  • Corby's twinned administrative body is recorded as Châtellerault[12].
  • Corby's twinned administrative body is recorded as Žilina[13].
  • Corby's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132636936[14].
  • Corby's GND ID is recorded as 4090551-2[15].
  • Corby's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88238068[16].
  • Corby's postal code is recorded as NN17-NN18[17].
  • Corby's Commons category is recorded as Corby[18].
  • Corby's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 12532327[19].
  • Corby's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[20].
  • Corby's local dialing code is recorded as 01536[21].
  • Corby's OS grid reference is recorded as SP882885[22].
  • Corby's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.491388888889, 'lon': -0.69638888888889}[23].
  • Corby's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dlhl[24].
  • Corby's authority is recorded as Corby Town Council[25].
  • Corby's GSS code is recorded as E04013159[26].
  • Corby's official website is recorded as https://www.corbytowncouncil.gov.uk[27].

Body

Geography

Corby is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Corby is located in North Northamptonshire[3].

Physical Characteristics

Corby's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+80.28'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+54927'}[29] and {'amount': '+62341'}[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[7], new town (UK)[8], and civil parish[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Corby include Corby Town F.C.[31], an association football club[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1948[34], headquartered in Corbie[35] and Corby[36], an impact crater[37].

Why It Matters

Corby ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (323 views/month).[2] Corby has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38]

Entities named for Corby include Corby Town F.C.[31], an association football club[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1948[34], headquartered in Corbie[35] and Corby[36], an impact crater[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . corbytowncouncil.gov.uk. corbytowncouncil.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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