Melksham

Summary

Melksham is a town^[1]. Melksham ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (569 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Melksham is located in Wiltshire^[3].
• Melksham is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Melksham's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Melksham's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[6].
• Melksham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Avon^[7].
• Melksham's postal code is recorded as SN12^[8].
• Melksham's Commons category is recorded as Melksham^[9].
• Melksham's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[10].
• Melksham's local dialing code is recorded as 01225^[11].
• Melksham's OS grid reference is recorded as ST9063^[12].
• Melksham's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.373552777778, 'lon': -2.1378972222222}^[13].
• Melksham's authority is recorded as Melksham Town Council^[14].
• Melksham's official website is recorded as https://www.melkshamtown.co.uk/^[15].
• Melksham's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melksham^[16].
• Melksham has a population of {'amount': '+14677'}^[17].
• Melksham has a population of {'amount': '+18076'}^[18].
• Melksham has a population of {'amount': '+14204'}^[19].
• Melksham's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Melksham's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Melksham^[21].
• Melksham's historic county is recorded as Wiltshire^[22].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+14677'}^[17], {'amount': '+18076'}^[18], and {'amount': '+14204'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[5] and civil parish^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Melksham include Melksham railway station^[23], a railway station^[24], in United Kingdom^[25], founded in 1985^[26].

Why It Matters

Melksham ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (569 views/month).^[2] Melksham has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] Melksham is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]

Entities named for Melksham include Melksham railway station^[23], a railway station^[24], in United Kingdom^[25], founded in 1985^[26].