West Lancashire

non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England
AdministrativeArea non_metropolitan_district Q1290796
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West Lancashire

Summary

West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district[1]. It draws 29 Wikipedia views per month (non_metropolitan_district category, ranking #55 of 206).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Lancashire is located in Lancashire[3].
  • West Lancashire is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • West Lancashire's instance of is recorded as non-metropolitan district[5].
  • West Lancashire's instance of is recorded as borough in the United Kingdom[6].
  • West Lancashire's capital is recorded as Ormskirk[7].
  • West Lancashire's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Wrightington[8].
  • West Lancashire's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cergy[9].
  • West Lancashire's twinned administrative body is recorded as Erkrath[10].
  • West Lancashire's legislative body is recorded as council of West Lancashire Borough Council[11].
  • West Lancashire's locator map image is recorded as West Lancashire UK locator map.svg[12].
  • West Lancashire's Commons category is recorded as Borough of West Lancashire[13].
  • West Lancashire's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 148586[14].
  • +1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of West Lancashire[15].
  • West Lancashire's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.562, 'lon': -2.827}[16].
  • West Lancashire's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/029sdf[17].
  • West Lancashire's authority is recorded as West Lancashire Borough Council[18].
  • West Lancashire's GSS code is recorded as E07000127[19].
  • West Lancashire's official website is recorded as http://www.westlancsdc.gov.uk/[20].
  • West Lancashire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Borough of West Lancashire[21].
  • West Lancashire's population is recorded as {'amount': '+112700'}[22].
  • West Lancashire's population is recorded as {'amount': '+113949'}[23].
  • West Lancashire's population is recorded as {'amount': '+110900'}[24].
  • West Lancashire's population is recorded as {'amount': '+119367'}[25].
  • West Lancashire's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/West-Lancashire[26].
  • West Lancashire's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2634372[27].

Body

Geography

West Lancashire is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Lancashire[3].

Physical Characteristics

West Lancashire's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+346.7843'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+112700'}[22], {'amount': '+113949'}[23], {'amount': '+110900'}[24], and {'amount': '+119367'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include non-metropolitan district[5] and borough in the United Kingdom[6].

History and Context

+1974-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of West Lancashire[15].

Why It Matters

West Lancashire draws 29 Wikipedia views per month (non_metropolitan_district category, ranking #55 of 206).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [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. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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