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The Vale of Glamorgan

principal area in south-east Wales, United Kingdom
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The Vale of Glamorgan

Summary

The Vale of Glamorgan is a principal area of Wales[1]. It draws 196 Wikipedia views per month (principal_area_of_wales category, ranking #6 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Vale of Glamorgan is located in Wales[3].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan is on the body of water Bristol Channel[5].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's instance of is recorded as principal area of Wales[6].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's shares border with is recorded as Cardiff[7].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's shares border with is recorded as Bridgend County Borough[8].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's shares border with is recorded as Rhondda Cynon Taf[9].
  • Vale of Glamorgan is named after The Vale of Glamorgan[10].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fécamp[11].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Mouscron[12].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's twinned administrative body is recorded as Jurbarkas[13].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's locator map image is recorded as Vale of Glamorgan in Wales.svg[14].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85064445[15].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-VGL[16].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's Commons category is recorded as Vale of Glamorgan County Borough[17].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 103776[18].
  • +1996-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Vale of Glamorgan[19].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.416666666667, 'lon': -3.4166666666667}[20].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dt7q[21].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's authority is recorded as Vale of Glamorgan Council[22].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's GSS code is recorded as W06000014[23].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's official website is recorded as http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/[24].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's FIPS 10-4 is recorded as UKZ3[25].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vale of Glamorgan[26].
  • The Vale of Glamorgan's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 495c38be-f0cd-4206-a259-7ba778817975[27].

Body

Geography

The Vale of Glamorgan is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Wales[3]. It is on the body of water Bristol Channel[5].

Physical Characteristics

The Vale of Glamorgan's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+331.0798'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+119304'}[29], {'amount': '+126336'}[30], and {'amount': '+132165'}[31].

Designation and Status

The Vale of Glamorgan's instance of is recorded as principal area of Wales[6].

History and Context

+1996-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Vale of Glamorgan[19]. Vale of Glamorgan is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

The Vale of Glamorgan draws 196 Wikipedia views per month (principal_area_of_wales category, ranking #6 of 19).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Bibliography of the Vale of Glamorgan Fécamp United Kingdom Wales

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Directions to the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales 2016. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . mouscron.be. mouscron.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISO 3166-2 Newsletter II-3. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . StatsWales. Retrieved . statswales.gov.wales. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . StatsWales. Retrieved . statswales.gov.wales. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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