Melbourne

Summary

Melbourne is a city in the United States^[1]. Melbourne ranks in the top 3% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,200 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Located in the administrative territorial entity: Brevard County^[3]
• Country: United States^[4]
• Head of government: Paul Alfrey^[5]
• Founder: Cornthwaite John Hector^[6]
• Named after: Melbourne^[7]
• Twinned administrative body: Ramallah^[8]
• Postal code: 32901^[9], 32902^[10], 32904^[11], 32912^[12], 32919^[13], 32934^[14], 32935^[15], 32936^[16], 32940^[17], 32941^[18]
• Commons category: Melbourne, Florida^[19]
• Located in time zone: Eastern Time Zone^[20]
• Local dialing code: 321^[21]
• Inception: 1867^[22]
• Official website: https://www.melbourneflorida.org/^[23]
• Topic's main category: Category:Melbourne, Florida^[24]
• Population: 76,068^[25], 70^[26], 84,678^[27]
• Office held by head of government: Mayor of Melbourne, Florida^[28]
• External data available at URL: https://maps.mlbfl.org/services/rest/services/^[29]
• Official name: Melbourne^[30]
• Category for people born here: Category:Births in Melbourne, Florida^[31]
• Category for people who died here: Q18857693^[32]
• Number of households: 32,874^[33]
• Category of associated people: Category:People from Melbourne, Florida^[34]
• Elevation above sea level: 4 m^[35]
• Area: 112.010951 km²^[36], 102.485648 km²^[37]
• Water as percent of area: 14.4244 percent^[38]
• Territory overlaps: Palm Bay–Melbourne urban area^[39]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Melbourne include Melbourne International Airport^[40], an international airport^[41], in United States^[42].

Why It Matters

Melbourne has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] Melbourne is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Entities named for Melbourne include Melbourne International Airport^[40], an international airport^[41], in United States^[42].