Shildon

Summary

Shildon is a town^[1]. Shildon ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shildon is located in County Durham^[3].
• Shildon is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Shildon's image is recorded as Shildon Railway Museum - geograph.org.uk - 2538781.jpg^[5].
• Shildon's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Shildon's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[7].
• Shildon's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134842630^[8].
• Shildon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n77011214^[9].
• Shildon's postal code is recorded as DL4^[10].
• Shildon's Commons category is recorded as Shildon^[11].
• Shildon's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8540993^[12].
• Shildon's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[13].
• Shildon's local dialing code is recorded as 01388^[14].
• Shildon's OS grid reference is recorded as NZ226263^[15].
• Shildon's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.63, 'lon': -1.65}^[16].
• Shildon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04z5zj^[17].
• Shildon's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge789393^[18].
• Shildon's authority is recorded as Shildon Town Council^[19].
• Shildon's GSS code is recorded as E04010691^[20].
• Shildon's GSS code is recorded as E04003699^[21].
• Shildon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shildon^[22].
• Shildon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+10049'}^[23].
• Shildon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+10495'}^[24].
• Shildon's population is recorded as {'amount': '+9976'}^[25].
• Shildon's WOEID is recorded as 34621^[26].
• Shildon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Geography

Shildon is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Shildon is located in County Durham^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+10049'}^[23], {'amount': '+10495'}^[24], and {'amount': '+9976'}^[25].

Designation and Status

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

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shildon include Shildon railway station^[28], a railway station^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].

Why It Matters

Shildon ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).^[2] Shildon has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31]

Entities named for Shildon include Shildon railway station^[28], a railway station^[29], in United Kingdom^[30].