Folkestone

Summary

Folkestone is a town^[1]. Folkestone ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Folkestone is located in Folkestone and Hythe^[3].
• Folkestone is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Folkestone's image is recorded as Folkestone Aerial.jpg^[5].
• Folkestone's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Folkestone's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[7].
• Folkestone's twinned administrative body is recorded as Boulogne-sur-Mer^[8].
• Folkestone's twinned administrative body is recorded as Middelburg^[9].
• Folkestone's twinned administrative body is recorded as Étaples^[10].
• Folkestone's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136090638^[11].
• Folkestone's GND ID is recorded as 4086509-5^[12].
• Folkestone's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n84080071^[13].
• Folkestone's IdRef ID is recorded as 153890738^[14].
• Folkestone's postal code is recorded as CT18^[15].
• Folkestone's postal code is recorded as CT19^[16].
• Folkestone's postal code is recorded as CT20^[17].
• Folkestone's postal code is recorded as CT50^[18].
• Folkestone's Commons category is recorded as Folkestone^[19].
• Folkestone's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2582302^[20].
• Folkestone's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[21].
• Folkestone's said to be the same as is recorded as Folkestone^[22].
• Folkestone's local dialing code is recorded as 01303^[23].
• Folkestone's OS grid reference is recorded as TR218361^[24].
• Folkestone's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.079166666666666, 'lon': 1.1794444444444445}^[25].
• Folkestone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0m43j^[26].
• Folkestone's authority is recorded as Folkestone Town Council^[27].

Body

Geography

Folkestone is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Folkestone is located in Folkestone and Hythe^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+51337'}^[28], {'amount': '+47356'}^[29], and {'amount': '+46698'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6] and civil parish^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Folkestone include Folkestone Central railway station^[31], a railway station^[32], in United Kingdom^[33].

Why It Matters

Folkestone ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month).^[2] Folkestone has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34]

Entities named for Folkestone include Folkestone Central railway station^[31], a railway station^[32], in United Kingdom^[33].