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metropolitan county

type of county-level administrative division of England
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metropolitan county

Summary

metropolitan county ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,931 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • metropolitan county is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • metropolitan county is a type of metropolitan or non-metropolitan county of England[3].
  • metropolitan county's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metropolitan counties[4].
  • metropolitan county's replaces is recorded as Administrative counties of England[5].

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Definition and Type

metropolitan county is a type of metropolitan or non-It of England[3].

Why It Matters

metropolitan county ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,931 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). metropolitan county. Retrieved October 6, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/metropolitan-county
MLA “metropolitan county.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 6 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/metropolitan-county.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_metropolitan-county_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{metropolitan county}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/metropolitan-county}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-06}}
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  1. 22d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → Administrative counties of England
    Topic's main category → Category:Metropolitan counties
    Subclass of → —
    Country → United Kingdom
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||sv, io */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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