Lancaster

Summary

Lancaster is a city^[1]. Lancaster has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Lancaster is located in Lancaster^[3].
• Lancaster is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Lancaster's instance of is recorded as city^[5].
• Lancaster's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[6].
• Lancaster's official language is recorded as English^[7].
• Lancaster's shares border with is recorded as Quernmore^[8].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perpignan^[9].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lublin^[10].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Viana do Castelo^[11].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Almere^[12].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aalborg^[13].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rendsburg^[14].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole^[15].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aalborg Municipality^[16].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Växjö Municipality^[17].
• Lancaster's postal code is recorded as LA1^[18].
• Lancaster's Commons category is recorded as Lancaster, Lancashire^[19].
• Lancaster's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[20].
• Lancaster's local dialing code is recorded as 01524^[21].
• Lancaster's OS grid reference is recorded as SD475615^[22].
• Lancaster's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.04888888888889, 'lon': -2.801388888888889}^[23].
• Lancaster's official website is recorded as https://www.visitlancashire.com/explore/lancaster^[24].
• Lancaster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lancaster, Lancashire^[25].
• Lancaster's Commons gallery is recorded as Lancaster^[26].
• Lancaster has a population of {'amount': '+52234'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Lancaster is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Lancaster is located in Lancaster^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Lancaster covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.85'}^[28]. Lancaster sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+52234'}^[27] and {'amount': '+52660'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[5] and unparished area^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lancaster include Lancaster County^[31], a county of Pennsylvania^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1729^[34]; Lancaster railway station^[35], a railway station^[36], in United Kingdom^[37]; Avro Lancaster^[38], an aircraft family^[39]; and Lancaster^[40], a town in the United States^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1643^[43].

Why It Matters

Lancaster has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Lancaster is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Entities named for Lancaster include Lancaster County^[31], a county of Pennsylvania^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1729^[34]; Lancaster railway station^[35], a railway station^[36], in United Kingdom^[37]; Avro Lancaster^[38], an aircraft family^[39]; and Lancaster^[40], a town in the United States^[41], in United States^[42], founded in 1643^[43].