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West Mersea

town and civil parish in the Colchester borough of Essex, England, UK
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West Mersea

Summary

West Mersea is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Mersea is located in Colchester[3].
  • West Mersea is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • West Mersea's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • West Mersea's instance of is recorded as civil parish[6].
  • West Mersea's postal code is recorded as CO5[7].
  • West Mersea's Commons category is recorded as West Mersea[8].
  • West Mersea's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[9].
  • West Mersea's local dialing code is recorded as 01206[10].
  • West Mersea's OS grid reference is recorded as TM011127[11].
  • West Mersea's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.7784, 'lon': 0.9168}[12].
  • West Mersea's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Mersea Island[13].
  • West Mersea's authority is recorded as West Mersea Town Council[14].
  • West Mersea's official website is recorded as http://www.westmersea.org/[15].
  • West Mersea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:West Mersea[16].
  • West Mersea has a population of {'amount': '+7221'}[17].
  • West Mersea has a population of {'amount': '+6925'}[18].
  • West Mersea has a population of {'amount': '+7183'}[19].
  • West Mersea's historic county is recorded as Essex[20].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+7221'}[17], {'amount': '+6925'}[18], and {'amount': '+7183'}[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5] and civil parish[6].

Why It Matters

West Mersea ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Colchester
    Official website → http://www.westmersea.org/
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.7784, 'lon': 0.9168}
    Population → {'amount': '+7221'}, {'amount': '+6925'}, {'amount': '+7183'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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