Gravesend
town in Kent, England
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Summary
Gravesend is a town[1]. Gravesend ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,289 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Gravesham[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Thames[5]
- Instance of: unparished area[6], market town[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Cambrai[8], Neumünster[9], Chesterfield County[10], Jalandhar[11]
- Commons category: Gravesend, Kent[12]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[13]
- Local dialing code: 01474[14]
- OS grid reference: TQ647740[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gravesend, Kent[16]
- Population: 66,000[17], 74,000[18]
- Time of earliest written record: 1086[19]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22]
- Capital of: Gravesham[23]
- Official name: Gravesend[24]
- Category for people born here: Q21085762[25]
- Category for people who died here: Q125767483[26]
- Native label: Gravesend[27]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Gravesend, Kent[28]
- Area: 99.1 km²[29]
- Historic county: Kent[30]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Gravesend include Gravesend railway station[31], a railway station[32], in United Kingdom[33].
Why It Matters
Gravesend has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Gravesend is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Entities named for Gravesend include Gravesend railway station[31], a railway station[32], in United Kingdom[33].