Gloucester

Summary

Gloucester is a city^[1]. Gloucester ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,387 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gloucester is located in Gloucester^[3].
• Gloucester is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Gloucester is on the body of water River Severn^[5].
• Gloucester's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Gloucester's instance of is recorded as county town^[7].
• Gloucester's instance of is recorded as big city^[8].
• Gloucester's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[9].
• Gloucester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Metz^[10].
• Gloucester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Trier^[11].
• Gloucester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gouda^[12].
• Gloucester's twinned administrative body is recorded as Saint Ann's Bay^[13].
• Gloucester's legislative body is recorded as Gloucestershire County Council^[14].
• Gloucester's Commons category is recorded as Gloucester^[15].
• Gloucester's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[16].
• Gloucester's local dialing code is recorded as 01452^[17].
• Gloucester's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.86527777777778, 'lon': -2.245833333333333}^[18].
• Gloucester's significant event is recorded as Siege of Gloucester^[19].
• Gloucester's official website is recorded as http://www.gloucester.gov.uk/^[20].
• Gloucester's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gloucester^[21].
• Gloucester's Commons gallery is recorded as Gloucester^[22].
• Gloucester has a population of {'amount': '+125649'}^[23].
• Gloucester has a population of {'amount': '+145563'}^[24].
• Gloucester's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Gloucester's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[26].
• Gloucester's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

Body

Geography

Gloucester is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Gloucester is located in Gloucester^[3]. Gloucester is on the body of water River Severn^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Gloucester covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+34.5'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+125649'}^[23] and {'amount': '+145563'}^[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], county town^[7], big city^[8], and unparished area^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Gloucester include Gloucester County^[29], a county of New Jersey^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1686^[32]; Gloucestershire Airport^[33], an airport^[34], in United Kingdom^[35]; Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh^[36], a noble title^[37], in Kingdom of Great Britain^[38], founded in 1764^[39]; Duke of Gloucester^[40], a noble title^[41], in Kingdom of England^[42], founded in 1385^[43]; Double Gloucester cheese^[44], a food^[45], in United Kingdom^[46]; and Gloucester railway station^[47], a railway station^[48], in United Kingdom^[49].

Why It Matters

Gloucester ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,387 views/month).^[2] Gloucester has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[50] Gloucester is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[51]

Entities named for Gloucester include Gloucester County^[29], a county of New Jersey^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1686^[32]; Gloucestershire Airport^[33], an airport^[34], in United Kingdom^[35]; Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh^[36], a noble title^[37], in Kingdom of Great Britain^[38], founded in 1764^[39]; Duke of Gloucester^[40], a noble title^[41], in Kingdom of England^[42], founded in 1385^[43]; Double Gloucester cheese^[44], a food^[45], in United Kingdom^[46]; and Gloucester railway station^[47], a railway station^[48], in United Kingdom^[49].