Halton

local government district in Cheshire, North West England
AdministrativeArea unitary_authority_area_in_england Q376141
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Halton

Summary

Halton is an unitary authority area in England[1]. Halton draws 81 Wikipedia views per month (unitary_authority_area_in_england category, ranking #20 of 43).[2]

Key Facts

  • Halton is located in Cheshire[3].
  • Halton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Halton's image is recorded as Runcorn Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1701094.jpg[5].
  • Halton's instance of is recorded as unitary authority area in England[6].
  • Halton's instance of is recorded as borough in the United Kingdom[7].
  • Halton's capital is recorded as Widnes[8].
  • Halton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Leiria[9].
  • Halton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Marzahn-Hellersdorf[10].
  • Halton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tongling[11].
  • Halton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ústí nad Labem[12].
  • Halton's legislative body is recorded as council of Halton Borough Council[13].
  • Halton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123266935[14].
  • Halton's locator map image is recorded as Halton UK locator map.svg[15].
  • Halton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88278547[16].
  • Halton's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-HAL[17].
  • Halton's Commons category is recorded as Borough of Halton[18].
  • Halton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 147284[19].
  • +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Halton[20].
  • Halton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.345, 'lon': -2.738611111111111}[21].
  • Halton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023d06[22].
  • Halton's authority is recorded as Halton Borough Council[23].
  • Halton's GSS code is recorded as E06000006[24].
  • Halton's official website is recorded as http://www.halton.gov.uk/[25].
  • Halton's FIPS 10-4 is recorded as UKE9[26].
  • Halton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Borough of Halton[27].

Body

Geography

Halton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Halton is located in Cheshire[3].

Physical Characteristics

Halton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+79.0839'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+126500'}[29], {'amount': '+128432'}[30], {'amount': '+125700'}[31], and {'amount': '+128964'}[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include unitary authority area in England[6] and borough in the United Kingdom[7].

History and Context

+1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Halton[20].

Why It Matters

Halton draws 81 Wikipedia views per month (unitary_authority_area_in_england category, ranking #20 of 43).[2] Halton has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Halton is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Steinsky · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website http://www.halton.gov.uk/
    Legislative body council of Halton Borough Council
    Coordinate location {'lat': 53.345, 'lon': -2.738611111111111}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Cheshire
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q1187580]]"
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