Hitchin

market town in the North Hertfordshire district in Hertfordshire, England
Place market_town Q19798
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Hitchin

Summary

Hitchin is a market town[1]. Hitchin draws 380 Wikipedia views per month (market_town category, ranking #17 of 54).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hitchin is located in North Hertfordshire[3].
  • Hitchin is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Hitchin's image is recorded as St Mary's Church, Hitchin - geograph.org.uk - 989830.jpg[5].
  • Hitchin's instance of is recorded as market town[6].
  • Hitchin's instance of is recorded as unparished area[7].
  • Hitchin's shares border with is recorded as Stevenage[8].
  • Hitchin's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130191551[9].
  • Hitchin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81018489[10].
  • Hitchin's postal code is recorded as SG4[11].
  • Hitchin's postal code is recorded as SG5[12].
  • Hitchin's Commons category is recorded as Hitchin[13].
  • Hitchin's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[14].
  • Hitchin's local dialing code is recorded as 01462[15].
  • Hitchin's OS grid reference is recorded as TL181292[16].
  • Hitchin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.947, 'lon': -0.283}[17].
  • Hitchin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01sm9v[18].
  • Hitchin's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1025921[19].
  • Hitchin's official website is recorded as http://www.hitchinherts.com/[20].
  • Hitchin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hitchin[21].
  • Hitchin's page banner is recorded as Hitchin Wikivoyage Banner.JPG[22].
  • Hitchin's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 93c74419-8556-418f-ba42-b2fb4f5b8671[23].
  • Hitchin's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Hertfordshire/Hitchin/[24].
  • Hitchin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+34266'}[25].
  • Hitchin's WOEID is recorded as 23573[26].
  • Hitchin's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27].

Body

Geography

Hitchin is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Hitchin is located in North Hertfordshire[3].

Physical Characteristics

Hitchin's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+852.75'}[28]. Hitchin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+34266'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include market town[6] and unparished area[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Hitchin include Hitchin Town F.C.[29], an association football club[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1928[32] and Hitchin railway station[33], a railway station[34], in United Kingdom[35].

Why It Matters

Hitchin draws 380 Wikipedia views per month (market_town category, ranking #17 of 54).[2] Hitchin has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

Entities named for Hitchin include Hitchin Town F.C.[29], an association football club[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1928[32] and Hitchin railway station[33], a railway station[34], in United Kingdom[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . nomisweb.co.uk. nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . nomisweb.co.uk. nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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