Shrewsbury
county town of Shropshire, England
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Summary
Shrewsbury is a county town[1]. Shrewsbury draws 4,997 Wikipedia views per month (county town category, ranking #6 of 22).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shropshire[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Severn[5]
- Instance of: market town[6], civil parish[7]
- Shares border with: Wem[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Zutphen[9]
- Commons category: Shrewsbury[10]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[11]
- Said to be the same as: Shrewsbury[12]
- Local dialing code: 01743[13]
- Inception: 1189[14]
- OS grid reference: SJ491124[15]
- Authority: Shrewsbury Town Council[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Shrewsbury[17]
- Commons gallery: Shrewsbury[18]
- Population: 71,715[19], 76,802[20]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27]
- Capital of: Shropshire[28]
- Official name: Shrewsbury[29]
- Category for people born here: Q8079744[30]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Shrewsbury[31]
- Demonym: Salopian[32]
- Native label: Shrewsbury[33]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Shrewsbury[34]
- Different from: Shrewsbury[35]
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Physical Characteristics
Shrewsbury covers an area of 37.99 km²[36]. Shrewsbury sits at an elevation of 71 m[37].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Shrewsbury include Shrewsbury cake[38].
Why It Matters
Shrewsbury has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Shrewsbury is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]
Entities named for Shrewsbury include Shrewsbury cake[38].