Alton

village located in Staffordshire Moorlands, United Kingdom
Place village Q749518
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Summary

Alton is a village[1]. Alton ranks in the top 0.35% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month, #179 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alton is located in Staffordshire Moorlands[3].
  • Alton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Alton's instance of is recorded as village[5].
  • Alton's instance of is recorded as civil parish[6].
  • Alton's postal code is recorded as ST10[7].
  • Alton's Commons category is recorded as Alton, Staffordshire[8].
  • Alton's local dialing code is recorded as 01538[9].
  • Alton's OS grid reference is recorded as SK073422[10].
  • Alton's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 52.977, 'longitude': -1.89}[11].
  • Alton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alton, Staffordshire[12].
  • Alton has a population of {'amount': '+1219'}[13].
  • Alton has a population of {'amount': '+1243'}[14].
  • Alton has a population of {'amount': '+1226'}[15].
  • Alton's different from is recorded as Alton[16].
  • Alton's historic county is recorded as Staffordshire[17].

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Geography

Alton is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Alton is located in Staffordshire Moorlands[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+1219'}[13], {'amount': '+1243'}[14], and {'amount': '+1226'}[15].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Alton ranks in the top 0.35% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month, #179 of 50,837).[2] Alton has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Alton is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 52.977, 'longitude': -1.89}
    Population → —
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → village, civil parish
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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