Sussex

historic county of England, United Kingdom
AdministrativeArea historic_county_of_england Q23346
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Summary

Sussex is a historic county of England[1]. Sussex draws 9,713 Wikipedia views per month (historic county of england category, ranking #4 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: South East England[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Shares border with: Kent[5], Surrey[6], Hampshire[7]
  • Flag: flag of Sussex[8]
  • Commons category: Sussex[9]
  • Catalog code: SUS[10]
  • Coordinate location: 50.9471026998, -0.141372694746[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sussex[12]
  • Population: 1,613,316[13]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Sussex[18]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Sussex[19]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Sussex[20]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Sussex[21]
  • Different from: Sussex[22]
  • Area: 3783[23]
  • Geography of topic: geography of Sussex[24]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Sussex[25]
  • Historic county: Sussex[26]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Sussex include Duke of Sussex[27], a hereditary title[28], in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[29]; Sussex County[30], a county of Delaware[31], in United States[32], founded in 1683[33]; and Sussex Pond Pudding[34], in United Kingdom[35].

Why It Matters

Sussex has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Sussex is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Sussex include Duke of Sussex[27], a hereditary title[28], in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[29]; Sussex County[30], a county of Delaware[31], in United States[32], founded in 1683[33]; and Sussex Pond Pudding[34], in United Kingdom[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → sussex, sussex-england
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: sussex-england, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960967|sussex england (#289960967)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Artyom Kondrashkin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27522, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Shares border with → Kent, Surrey, Hampshire
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → South East England
    Coordinates → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: sussex, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960966|sussex (#289960966)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
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