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Great Torrington

market town in the north of Devon, England
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Great Torrington

Summary

Great Torrington is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (529 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Torrington is located in Torridge[3].
  • Great Torrington is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Great Torrington's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Great Torrington's instance of is recorded as civil parish[6].
  • Great Torrington's instance of is recorded as market town[7].
  • Great Torrington's postal code is recorded as EX38[8].
  • Great Torrington's Commons category is recorded as Great Torrington[9].
  • Great Torrington's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[10].
  • Great Torrington's said to be the same as is recorded as Great Torrington[11].
  • Great Torrington's local dialing code is recorded as 01805[12].
  • Great Torrington's OS grid reference is recorded as SS4919[13].
  • Great Torrington's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.953, 'lon': -4.141}[14].
  • Great Torrington's authority is recorded as Great Torrington Town Council[15].
  • Great Torrington's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Great Torrington[16].
  • Great Torrington has a population of {'amount': '+5801'}[17].
  • Great Torrington has a population of {'amount': '+5279'}[18].
  • Great Torrington has a population of {'amount': '+5714'}[19].
  • Great Torrington's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20].
  • Great Torrington's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
  • Great Torrington's historic county is recorded as Devon[22].

Body

Geography

Great Torrington is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Torridge[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+5801'}[17], {'amount': '+5279'}[18], and {'amount': '+5714'}[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5], civil parish[6], and market town[7].

Why It Matters

Great Torrington ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (529 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Torridge
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 50.953, 'lon': -4.141}
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Population → {'amount': '+5801'}, {'amount': '+5279'}, {'amount': '+5714'}
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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