Wells

cathedral city in Somerset, England, UK
City city Q212283
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Wells

Summary

Wells is a city[1]. Wells ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (523 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wells is located in Somerset[3].
  • Wells is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Wells's image is recorded as Wells Cathedral West Front.jpg[5].
  • Wells's instance of is recorded as city[6].
  • Wells's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Wells's instance of is recorded as civil parish with city status[8].
  • Wells's instance of is recorded as market town[9].
  • Wells's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bad Berka[10].
  • Wells's twinned administrative body is recorded as Paray-le-Monial[11].
  • Wells's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bad Dürkheim[12].
  • Wells's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fontanellato[13].
  • Wells's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 312792736[14].
  • Wells's GND ID is recorded as 4119043-9[15].
  • Wells's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n78094263[16].
  • Wells's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14265066f[17].
  • Wells's postal code is recorded as BA5[18].
  • Wells's Commons category is recorded as Wells, Somerset[19].
  • Wells's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2922198[20].
  • Wells's local dialing code is recorded as 01749[21].
  • Wells's OS grid reference is recorded as ST545455[22].
  • Wells's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.20944444444444, 'lon': -2.645}[23].
  • Wells's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fl09[24].
  • Wells's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge503718[25].
  • Wells's GSS code is recorded as E04008595[26].
  • Wells's official website is recorded as https://www.wells.gov.uk[27].

Body

Geography

Wells is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Wells is located in Somerset[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+10536'}[28], {'amount': '+11145'}[29], and {'amount': '+10406'}[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[6], civil parish[7], civil parish with city status[8], and market town[9].

Why It Matters

Wells ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (523 views/month).[2] Wells has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Wells is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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