General Conference on Weights and Measure

governing body of the BIPM made up of delegates from member states
Organization intergovernmental_organization Q215650
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General Conference on Weights and Measure

Summary

General Conference on Weights and Measure is an intergovernmental organization[1]. It draws 196 Wikipedia views per month (intergovernmental_organization category, ranking #37 of 138).[2]

Key Facts

  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's instance of is recorded as intergovernmental organization[3].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's headquarters location is recorded as Grand Paris[4].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 133303800[5].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88656801[6].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's part of is recorded as International Bureau of Weights and Measures[7].
  • +1889-09-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of General Conference on Weights and Measure[8].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's official website is recorded as https://www.bipm.org/[9].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's official website is recorded as https://www.bipm.org/fr/[10].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as worldwide[11].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/General-Conference-of-Weights-and-Measures[12].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CGPM'}[13].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'CGPM'}[14].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Generalkonferansen_for_mål_og_vekt[15].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 184551[16].
  • General Conference on Weights and Measure's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as general-naia-konferentsiia-po-meram-i-vesam-e14f60[17].

Body

Founding

+1889-09-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of General Conference on Weights and Measure[8].

Identity

General Conference on Weights and Measure's part of is recorded as International Bureau of Weights and Measures[7]. Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CGPM'}[13] and {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'CGPM'}[14].

Operations

General Conference on Weights and Measure's headquarters location is recorded as Grand Paris[4].

Why It Matters

General Conference on Weights and Measure draws 196 Wikipedia views per month (intergovernmental_organization category, ranking #37 of 138).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . bipm.org. bipm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . bipm.org. bipm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . bipm.org. bipm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . bipm.org. bipm.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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