Shaftesbury

Summary

Shaftesbury is a town^[1]. Shaftesbury ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (381 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shaftesbury is located in Dorset^[3].
• Shaftesbury is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Shaftesbury's image is recorded as High Street, Shaftesbury - geograph.org.uk - 1440129.jpg^[5].
• Shaftesbury's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Shaftesbury's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[7].
• Shaftesbury's coat of arms image is recorded as Arms of Shaftesbury.svg^[8].
• Shaftesbury's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 135037451^[9].
• Shaftesbury's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n96075880^[10].
• Shaftesbury's postal code is recorded as SP7^[11].
• Shaftesbury's Commons category is recorded as Shaftesbury^[12].
• Shaftesbury's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2603931^[13].
• Shaftesbury's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[14].
• Shaftesbury's local dialing code is recorded as 01747^[15].
• Shaftesbury's OS grid reference is recorded as ST861228^[16].
• Shaftesbury's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.0066, 'lon': -2.198}^[17].
• Shaftesbury's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01dm2j^[18].
• Shaftesbury's authority is recorded as Shaftesbury Town Council^[19].
• Shaftesbury's GSS code is recorded as E04003434^[20].
• Shaftesbury's official website is recorded as http://shaftesburytown.co.uk/^[21].
• Shaftesbury's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shaftesbury^[22].
• Shaftesbury's page banner is recorded as Shaftesbury, Dorset Gold Hill Cropped.jpg^[23].
• Shaftesbury's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Dorset/Shaftesbury/^[24].
• Shaftesbury's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6680'}^[25].
• Shaftesbury's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6180'}^[26].
• Shaftesbury's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3940'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Shaftesbury is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Shaftesbury is located in Dorset^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+6680'}^[25], {'amount': '+6180'}^[26], {'amount': '+3940'}^[27], {'amount': '+3980'}^[28], {'amount': '+3372'}^[29], and {'amount': '+7314'}^[30].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Shaftesbury ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (381 views/month).^[2] Shaftesbury has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Shaftesbury is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]