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Wincanton

town in Somerset, England
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Summary

Wincanton is a town[1]. Wincanton ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wincanton is located in Somerset[3].
  • Wincanton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Wincanton's image is recorded as Wincanton high street.jpg[5].
  • Wincanton's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Wincanton's instance of is recorded as market town[7].
  • Wincanton's instance of is recorded as civil parish[8].
  • Wincanton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lahnau[9].
  • Wincanton's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ankh-Morpork[10].
  • Wincanton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151380009[11].
  • Wincanton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88187230[12].
  • Wincanton's postal code is recorded as BA9[13].
  • Wincanton's Commons category is recorded as Wincanton[14].
  • Wincanton's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2904855[15].
  • Wincanton's local dialing code is recorded as 01963[16].
  • Wincanton's OS grid reference is recorded as ST712286[17].
  • Wincanton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.0559, 'lon': -2.4102}[18].
  • Wincanton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.0388, 'lon': -2.39921}[19].
  • Wincanton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/040yvl[20].
  • Wincanton's authority is recorded as Wincanton Town Council[21].
  • Wincanton's GSS code is recorded as E04008770[22].
  • Wincanton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wincanton[23].
  • Wincanton's page banner is recorded as Wincanton banner.jpg[24].
  • Wincanton's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 1b0f4d79-09e9-4306-8c64-663ef75759b3[25].
  • Wincanton's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Somerset/Wincanton/[26].
  • Wincanton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+6573'}[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+6573'}[27], {'amount': '+4639'}[28], and {'amount': '+5272'}[29].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Wincanton ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2] Wincanton has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Wincanton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

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. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . visitsomerset.co.uk. visitsomerset.co.uk. Provenance: 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 23w ago · Steinsky · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Authority → Wincanton Town Council
    Instance of → —
    Twinned administrative body → Lahnau, Ankh-Morpork
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → South Somerset, Somerset
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wincanton Rural District, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1777669348224"
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