Loughborough
town in Leicestershire, England, UK
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Summary
Loughborough is a town[1]. Loughborough ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,003 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Charnwood[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: unparished area[5]
- Shares border with: Beeston[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Schwäbisch Hall[7], Épinal[8], Zamość[9], Bhavnagar[10], Gembloux[11]
- Postal code: LE11[12]
- Commons category: Loughborough[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[14]
- Local dialing code: 01509[15]
- OS grid reference: SK536195[16]
- Official website: http://www.loughboroughtownhall.co.uk/[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Loughborough[18]
- Population: 64,880[19]
- Described by source: New International Encyclopedia[20]
- Capital of: Charnwood[21]
- Category for people born here: Q18056798[22]
- Native label: Loughborough[23]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Loughborough[24]
- Area: 15.97 km²[25]
- Historic county: Leicestershire[26]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Loughborough include Loughborough railway station[27], a railway station[28], in United Kingdom[29].
Why It Matters
Loughborough has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Loughborough is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Entities named for Loughborough include Loughborough railway station[27], a railway station[28], in United Kingdom[29].