Luton

Summary

Luton is a town^[1]. Luton ranks in the top 0.22% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,389 views/month, #21 of 9,456).^[2]

Key Facts

• Luton is located in Luton^[3].
• Luton is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Luton is on the body of water River Lea^[5].
• Luton's image is recorded as Luton Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 944904.jpg^[6].
• Luton's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Luton's shares border with is recorded as Central Bedfordshire^[8].
• Luton's shares border with is recorded as Hemel Hempstead^[9].
• Luton's shares border with is recorded as Houghton Regis^[10].
• Luton's shares border with is recorded as Dunstable^[11].
• Luton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bergisch Gladbach^[12].
• Luton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bourgoin-Jallieu^[13].
• Luton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Eskilstuna Municipality^[14].
• Luton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Spandau^[15].
• Luton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 242579687^[16].
• Luton's GND ID is recorded as 4111438-3^[17].
• Luton's locator map image is recorded as EnglandLuton.png^[18].
• Luton's postal code is recorded as LU^[19].
• Luton's Commons category is recorded as Luton^[20].
• Luton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[21].
• Luton's pronunciation audio is recorded as En-uk-Luton.ogg^[22].
• Luton's local dialing code is recorded as 01582^[23].
• Luton's NUTS code is recorded as UKH21^[24].
• Luton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.87833333333333, 'lon': -0.4147222222222222}^[25].
• Luton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fg6k^[26].
• Luton's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge958013^[27].

Body

Geography

Luton is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Luton is located in Luton^[3]. Luton is on the body of water River Lea^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Luton's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+43.35'}^[28]. Luton's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+160'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+203201'}^[30] and {'amount': '+213052'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Luton's instance of is recorded as town^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Luton include London Luton Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in United Kingdom^[34] and Luton railway station^[35], a railway station^[36], in United Kingdom^[37].

Why It Matters

Luton ranks in the top 0.22% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,389 views/month, #21 of 9,456).^[2] Luton has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Luton is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]

Entities named for Luton include London Luton Airport^[32], an international airport^[33], in United Kingdom^[34] and Luton railway station^[35], a railway station^[36], in United Kingdom^[37].