King's Lynn

Summary

King's Lynn is a market town^[1]. It draws 6,110 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 instance of is recorded as market town^[6].
• King's Lynn's instance of is recorded as seaport^[7].
• King's Lynn's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[8].
• King's Lynn's shares border with is recorded as Hunstanton^[9].
• King's Lynn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mladá Boleslav^[10].
• King's Lynn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Emmerich am Rhein^[11].
• King's Lynn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Jičín^[12].
• King's Lynn's postal code is recorded as PE30^[13].
• King's Lynn's Commons category is recorded as King's Lynn^[14].
• King's Lynn's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[15].
• King's Lynn's local dialing code is recorded as 01553^[16].
• King's Lynn's OS grid reference is recorded as TF619201^[17].
• King's Lynn's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.7543, 'lon': 0.3976}^[18].
• King's Lynn's official website is recorded as https://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/^[19].
• King's Lynn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:King's Lynn^[20].
• King's Lynn has a population of {'amount': '+42800'}^[21].
• King's Lynn's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• King's Lynn's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• King's Lynn's capital of is recorded as King's Lynn and West Norfolk^[24].
• King's Lynn's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "King's Lynn"}^[25].
• King's Lynn's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in King's Lynn^[26].
• King's Lynn's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in King's Lynn^[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 covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.6'}^[28]. It has a population of {'amount': '+42800'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include market town^[6], seaport^[7], and unparished area^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for King's Lynn include Lynn^[29], a city in the United States^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1629^[32]; King's Lynn Town F.C.^[33], an association football club^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 2010^[36]; Lynn Canal^[37], a channel^[38], in United States^[39]; it F.C.^[40], an association football club^[41], in United Kingdom^[42], founded in 1879^[43]; and it railway station^[44], a railway station^[45], in United Kingdom^[46], founded in 1846^[47].

Why It Matters

King's Lynn draws 6,110 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.^[48] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Entities named for it include Lynn^[29], a city in the United States^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1629^[32]; King's Lynn Town F.C.^[33], an association football club^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 2010^[36]; Lynn Canal^[37], a channel^[38], in United States^[39]; it F.C.^[40], an association football club^[41], in United Kingdom^[42], founded in 1879^[43]; and it railway station^[44], a railway station^[45], in United Kingdom^[46], founded in 1846^[47].