King's Lynn

market town in the county of Norfolk, England
Place market_town Q157341
King's Lynn
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King's Lynn

Summary

King's Lynn is a market town[1]. It draws 910 Wikipedia views per month (market_town category, ranking #6 of 54).[2]

Key Facts

  • King's Lynn is located in King's Lynn and West Norfolk[3].
  • King's Lynn is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • King's Lynn is on the body of water River Great Ouse[5].
  • King's Lynn's image is recorded as Kings-lynn-customs-house.JPG[6].
  • King's Lynn's instance of is recorded as market town[7].
  • King's Lynn's instance of is recorded as seaport[8].
  • King's Lynn's instance of is recorded as unparished area[9].
  • King's Lynn's shares border with is recorded as Hunstanton[10].
  • King's Lynn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mladá Boleslav[11].
  • King's Lynn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Emmerich am Rhein[12].
  • King's Lynn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Jičín[13].
  • King's Lynn's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123187839[14].
  • King's Lynn's GND ID is recorded as 4262923-8[15].
  • King's Lynn's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82273944[16].
  • King's Lynn's IdRef ID is recorded as 028085159[17].
  • King's Lynn's postal code is recorded as PE30[18].
  • King's Lynn's Commons category is recorded as King's Lynn[19].
  • King's Lynn's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[20].
  • King's Lynn's local dialing code is recorded as 01553[21].
  • King's Lynn's OS grid reference is recorded as TF619201[22].
  • King's Lynn's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.7543, 'lon': 0.3976}[23].
  • King's Lynn's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0pfhn[24].
  • King's Lynn's official website is recorded as https://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/[25].
  • King's Lynn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:King's Lynn[26].
  • King's Lynn's page banner is recorded as Kings Lynn banner Red Mount.JPG[27].

Body

Geography

King's Lynn is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in it and West Norfolk[3]. It is on the body of water River Great Ouse[5].

Physical Characteristics

King's Lynn's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.6'}[28]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+42800'}[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include market town[7], seaport[8], and unparished area[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for King's Lynn include Lynn[30], a city in the United States[31], in United States[32], founded in 1629[33]; King's Lynn Town F.C.[34], an association football club[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 2010[37], headquartered in it[38]; it F.C.[39], an association football club[40], in United Kingdom[41], founded in 1879[42], headquartered in it[43]; it railway station[44], a railway station[45], in United Kingdom[46], founded in 1846[47]; and Lynn Canal[48], a channel[49], in United States[50].

Why It Matters

King's Lynn draws 910 Wikipedia views per month (market_town category, ranking #6 of 54).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for it include Lynn[30], a city in the United States[31], in United States[32], founded in 1629[33]; King's Lynn Town F.C.[34], an association football club[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 2010[37], headquartered in it[38]; it F.C.[39], an association football club[40], in United Kingdom[41], founded in 1879[42], headquartered in it[43]; it railway station[44], a railway station[45], in United Kingdom[46], founded in 1846[47]; and Lynn Canal[48], a channel[49], in United States[50].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

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  2. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [44] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [48] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  9. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [50] . 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. [51] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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