Nelson

Summary

Nelson is a town^[1]. Nelson ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nelson is located in Pendle^[3].
• Nelson is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Nelson's image is recorded as Marsden Park.jpg^[5].
• Nelson's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Nelson's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[7].
• Nelson's postal code is recorded as BB9^[8].
• Nelson's Commons category is recorded as Nelson, Lancashire^[9].
• Nelson's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 7611862^[10].
• Nelson's local dialing code is recorded as 01282^[11].
• Nelson's OS grid reference is recorded as SD856376^[12].
• Nelson's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.8346, 'lon': -2.218}^[13].
• Nelson's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03sp4h^[14].
• Nelson's GSS code is recorded as E04005233^[15].
• Nelson's official website is recorded as http://www.pendle.gov.uk/^[16].
• Nelson's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nelson, Lancashire^[17].
• Nelson's page banner is recorded as Nelson (England) Wikivoyage Banner.jpg^[18].
• Nelson's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Lancashire/Nelson/^[19].
• Nelson's population is recorded as {'amount': '+33488'}^[20].
• Nelson's population is recorded as {'amount': '+29135'}^[21].
• Nelson's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[22].
• Nelson's capital of is recorded as Pendle^[23].
• Nelson's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Nelson^[24].
• Nelson's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2641810^[25].
• Nelson's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7295367^[26].
• Nelson's BBC Things ID is recorded as 6cda00d5-09b6-4783-bac2-8975dfe01827^[27].

Body

Geography

Nelson is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Nelson is located in Pendle^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Nelson's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+4.64'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+33488'}^[20] and {'amount': '+29135'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[6] and civil parish^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Nelson include Nelson F.C.^[29], an association football club^[30], in United Kingdom^[31], founded in 1881^[32].

Why It Matters

Nelson ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).^[2] Nelson has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Nelson is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Nelson include Nelson F.C.^[29], an association football club^[30], in United Kingdom^[31], founded in 1881^[32].