Thetford

town in Norfolk, England
Place town Q237250
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Thetford

Summary

Thetford is a town[1]. Thetford ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (431 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thetford is located in Breckland[3].
  • Thetford is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Thetford's image is recorded as UK Thetford (Norfolk).jpg[5].
  • Thetford's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Thetford's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Thetford's instance of is recorded as market town[8].
  • Thetford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Hürth[9].
  • Thetford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Skawina[10].
  • Thetford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Les Ulis[11].
  • Thetford's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nissewaard[12].
  • Thetford's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 30145424497486831084[13].
  • Thetford's GND ID is recorded as 4408548-5[14].
  • Thetford's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85027508[15].
  • Thetford's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13533935x[16].
  • Thetford's IdRef ID is recorded as 152336214[17].
  • Thetford's Commons category is recorded as Thetford[18].
  • Thetford's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1022285[19].
  • Thetford's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[20].
  • Thetford's said to be the same as is recorded as Thetford[21].
  • Thetford's local dialing code is recorded as 01842[22].
  • Thetford's OS grid reference is recorded as TL8783[23].
  • Thetford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.41, 'lon': 0.74}[24].
  • Thetford's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/021qj0[25].
  • Thetford's authority is recorded as Thetford Town Council[26].
  • Thetford's GSS code is recorded as E04006182[27].

Body

Geography

Thetford is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Thetford is located in Breckland[3].

Physical Characteristics

Thetford's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+29.55'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+27027'}[29], {'amount': '+25257'}[30], {'amount': '+21588'}[31], and {'amount': '+24340'}[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6], civil parish[7], and market town[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Thetford include Thetford railway station[33], a railway station[34], in United Kingdom[35].

Why It Matters

Thetford ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (431 views/month).[2] Thetford has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

Entities named for Thetford include Thetford railway station[33], a railway station[34], in United Kingdom[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . GSS coding system. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [32] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [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.

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