Shrewsbury

Summary

Shrewsbury is a county town^[1]. Shrewsbury draws 6,445 Wikipedia views per month (county_town category, ranking #6 of 22).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shrewsbury is located in Shropshire^[3].
• Shrewsbury is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Shrewsbury is on the body of water River Severn^[5].
• Shrewsbury's instance of is recorded as county town^[6].
• Shrewsbury's instance of is recorded as market town^[7].
• Shrewsbury's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[8].
• Shrewsbury's shares border with is recorded as Wem^[9].
• Shrewsbury's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zutphen^[10].
• Shrewsbury's Commons category is recorded as Shrewsbury^[11].
• Shrewsbury's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[12].
• Shrewsbury's said to be the same as is recorded as Shrewsbury^[13].
• Shrewsbury's local dialing code is recorded as 01743^[14].
• 1189 marks the founding of Shrewsbury^[15].
• Shrewsbury's OS grid reference is recorded as SJ491124^[16].
• Shrewsbury's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.708055555556, 'lon': -2.7544444444444}^[17].
• Shrewsbury's authority is recorded as Shrewsbury Town Council^[18].
• Shrewsbury's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shrewsbury^[19].
• Shrewsbury's Commons gallery is recorded as Shrewsbury^[20].
• Shrewsbury has a population of {'amount': '+71715'}^[21].
• Shrewsbury has a population of {'amount': '+76802'}^[22].
• Shrewsbury's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Shrewsbury's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Shrewsbury's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[25].
• Shrewsbury's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• Shrewsbury's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Founding

1189 marks the founding of Shrewsbury^[15].

Identity

Shrewsbury's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shrewsbury'}^[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Shrewsbury include Shrewsbury cake^[29].

Why It Matters

Shrewsbury draws 6,445 Wikipedia views per month (county_town category, ranking #6 of 22).^[2] Shrewsbury has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Shrewsbury is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Shrewsbury include Shrewsbury cake^[29].