Windsor
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Windsor is a town.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Windsor and Maidenhead[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Thames[5]
- Instance of: unparished area[6], market municipality[7]
- Shares border with: London[8]
- Founder: Anglo-Saxons[9]
- Owned by: William the Conqueror[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Goslar[11], Neuilly-sur-Seine[12]
- Postal code: SL4[13]
- Commons category: Windsor, Berkshire[14]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[15]
- Local dialing code: 01753[16]
- OS grid reference: SU965765[17]
- Official website: https://www.windsor.gov.uk/[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Windsor, Berkshire[19]
- Commons gallery: Windsor[20]
- Population: 28,324[21], 26,885[22], 500[23], 2000[24], 3361[25], 6734[26], 9000[27], 32,184[28]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Windsor, Berkshire[33]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Windsor, Berkshire[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Windsor, Berkshire[35]
- Post town: WINDSOR[36]
- Historic county: Berkshire[37]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Windsor include Windsor Castle[38], a royal palace[39], in United Kingdom[40], founded in 1070[41]; Legoland Windsor[42], an amusement park[43], in United Kingdom[44]; New Windsor[45], a town in the United States[46], in United States[47], founded in 1763[48]; and Windsor[49], a town[50], in Australia[51].
Why It Matters
Windsor has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Windsor is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for Windsor include Windsor Castle[38], a royal palace[39], in United Kingdom[40], founded in 1070[41]; Legoland Windsor[42], an amusement park[43], in United Kingdom[44]; New Windsor[45], a town in the United States[46], in United States[47], founded in 1763[48]; and Windsor[49], a town[50], in Australia[51].