Swords

county town near Dublin in Ireland
City city Q987745
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Swords

Summary

Swords is a city[1]. Swords ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swords is located in Fingal[3].
  • Swords is in the country of Ireland[4].
  • Swords's image is recorded as North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin - geograph.org.uk - 381905.jpg[5].
  • Swords's instance of is recorded as city[6].
  • Swords's instance of is recorded as town[7].
  • Swords's instance of is recorded as human settlement[8].
  • Swords's instance of is recorded as suburb[9].
  • Swords's founder is recorded as Columba[10].
  • Swords's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ozoir-la-Ferrière[11].
  • Swords's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140018537[12].
  • Swords's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2004030795[13].
  • Swords's Commons category is recorded as Swords, Fingal[14].
  • Swords's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.4597, 'lon': -6.2181}[15].
  • Swords's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/018wyb[16].
  • Swords's official website is recorded as https://www.fingal.ie/visitor/locations/swords[17].
  • Swords's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Swords, County Dublin[18].
  • Swords's page banner is recorded as Swords Wikivoyage Banner.jpg[19].
  • Swords's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 6b93c487-833a-4902-972c-f88eb886e822[20].
  • Swords's population is recorded as {'amount': '+36924'}[21].
  • Swords's population is recorded as {'amount': '+40776'}[22].
  • Swords's WOEID is recorded as 562309[23].
  • Swords's capital of is recorded as Fingal[24].
  • Swords's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swords'}[25].
  • Swords's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ga', 'text': 'Sord'}[26].
  • Swords's category for people born here is recorded as Q18665461[27].

Body

Geography

Swords is in the country of Ireland[4]. Swords is located in Fingal[3].

Physical Characteristics

Swords's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11.35'}[28]. Swords's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+36924'}[21] and {'amount': '+40776'}[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[6], town[7], human settlement[8], and suburb[9].

Why It Matters

Swords ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (291 views/month).[2] Swords has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Swords is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . data.cso.ie. Retrieved . data.cso.ie. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . census. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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