Penzance

town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK
Place town Q208209
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Penzance

Summary

Penzance is a town[1]. Penzance ranks in the top 0.6% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (941 views/month, #57 of 9,456).[2]

Key Facts

  • Penzance is located in Cornwall[3].
  • Penzance is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Penzance's image is recorded as PZHARBOURPANORAMA.jpg[5].
  • Penzance's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Penzance's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Penzance's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cuxhaven[8].
  • Penzance's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bendigo[9].
  • Penzance's twinned administrative body is recorded as Concarneau[10].
  • Penzance's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nevada City[11].
  • Penzance's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141952272[12].
  • Penzance's GND ID is recorded as 4239853-8[13].
  • Penzance's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85012626[14].
  • Penzance's postal code is recorded as TR18[15].
  • Penzance's Commons category is recorded as Penzance[16].
  • Penzance's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5845647[17].
  • Penzance's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[18].
  • Penzance's pronunciation audio is recorded as Penzance en gb.ogg[19].
  • Penzance's local dialing code is recorded as 01736[20].
  • Penzance's OS grid reference is recorded as SW475306[21].
  • Penzance's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.12139, 'lon': -5.53685}[22].
  • Penzance's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01z6gc[23].
  • Penzance's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge1232644[24].
  • Penzance's authority is recorded as Penzance Town Council[25].
  • Penzance's authority is recorded as Cornwall Council[26].
  • Penzance's GSS code is recorded as E04011505[27].

Body

Geography

Penzance is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Penzance is located in Cornwall[3].

Physical Characteristics

Penzance's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.92'}[28]. Penzance's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+21168'}[30], {'amount': '+20734'}[31], and {'amount': '+21045'}[32].

Designation and Status

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

Cultural Significance

Things named for Penzance include Penzance railway station[33], a railway station[34], in United Kingdom[35].

Why It Matters

Penzance ranks in the top 0.6% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (941 views/month, #57 of 9,456).[2] Penzance has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Penzance is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Penzance include Penzance railway station[33], a railway station[34], in United Kingdom[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . GSS coding system. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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