Wigton

Summary

Wigton is a town^[1]. Wigton ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wigton is located in Allerdale^[3].
• Wigton is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Wigton's image is recorded as St Mary's Church, Wigton - geograph.org.uk - 286321.jpg^[5].
• Wigton's instance of is recorded as town^[6].
• Wigton's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[7].
• Wigton's instance of is recorded as market town^[8].
• Wigton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 154883833^[9].
• Wigton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88278656^[10].
• Wigton's postal code is recorded as CA7^[11].
• Wigton's Commons category is recorded as Wigton^[12].
• Wigton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 8366322^[13].
• Wigton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[14].
• Wigton's local dialing code is recorded as 016973^[15].
• Wigton's OS grid reference is recorded as NY255481^[16].
• Wigton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 54.823, 'lon': -3.159}^[17].
• Wigton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0543rn^[18].
• Wigton's authority is recorded as Wigton Town Council^[19].
• Wigton's GSS code is recorded as E04002436^[20].
• Wigton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wigton^[21].
• Wigton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6013'}^[22].
• Wigton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5360'}^[23].
• Wigton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5831'}^[24].
• Wigton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2633933^[25].
• Wigton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7298895^[26].
• Wigton's BBC Things ID is recorded as b0de9a68-d881-47e2-86f2-6f01a6795c62^[27].

Body

Geography

Wigton is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Wigton is located in Allerdale^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+6013'}^[22], {'amount': '+5360'}^[23], and {'amount': '+5831'}^[24].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Wigton ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).^[2] Wigton has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Wigton is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]