Retford

town in Nottinghamshire, England
Place town Q2462685
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Retford

Summary

Retford is a town[1]. Retford ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (185 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Retford is located in Bassetlaw[3].
  • Retford is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Retford's image is recorded as Retford Town Hall, May 2012.JPG[5].
  • Retford's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Retford's instance of is recorded as unparished area[7].
  • Retford's instance of is recorded as market town[8].
  • Retford's shares border with is recorded as Maltby[9].
  • Retford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pfungstadt[10].
  • Retford's postal code is recorded as DN22[11].
  • Retford's Commons category is recorded as Retford[12].
  • Retford's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[13].
  • Retford's local dialing code is recorded as 01777[14].
  • Retford's OS grid reference is recorded as SK705805[15].
  • Retford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.3169, 'lon': -0.9408}[16].
  • Retford's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/021lsd[17].
  • Retford's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Retford[18].
  • Retford's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 4fec3ca3-f48c-4273-8d54-7f472297d0b8[19].
  • Retford's population is recorded as {'amount': '+24000'}[20].
  • Retford's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
  • Retford's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Retford's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2650346[23].
  • Retford's BBC Things ID is recorded as 06085138-e777-4923-98d3-c4e48612e27d[24].
  • Retford's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 7031139[25].
  • Retford's UN/LOCODE is recorded as GBRFO[26].
  • Retford's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2595265[27].

Body

Geography

Retford is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Retford is located in Bassetlaw[3].

Physical Characteristics

Retford's population is recorded as {'amount': '+24000'}[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6], unparished area[7], and market town[8].

Why It Matters

Retford ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (185 views/month).[2] Retford has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . service.unece.org. service.unece.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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