Aspen

city in and county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States
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Summary

Aspen is a city in the United States[1]. Aspen ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,556 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pitkin County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: county seat[5]
  • Twinned administrative body: Queenstown[6], Davos[7], Canfranc[8], Chamonix-Mont-Blanc[9], Garmisch-Partenkirchen[10], Bariloche[11], Shimukappu[12]
  • Legislative body: Aspen City Council[13]
  • Postal code: 81611[14], 81612[15]
  • Part of: Colorado Mineral Belt[16]
  • Commons category: Aspen, Colorado[17]
  • Located in time zone: Mountain Time Zone[18]
  • Local dialing code: 970[19]
  • Inception: 1879[20]
  • Official website: https://aspen.gov[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aspen, Colorado[22]
  • Population: 6658[23], 7004[24]
  • Capital of: Pitkin County[25]
  • Official name: Aspen[26]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Aspen, Colorado[27]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Aspen[28]
  • Number of households: 3372[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Aspen, Colorado[30]
  • Elevation above sea level: 2405 m[31]
  • Area: 10.048074 km²[32], 10.032643 km²[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 0 percent[34]
  • Territory overlaps: Aspen urban area[35]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Cities[36], WikiProject United States[37], WikiProject Colorado[38], WikiProject United States History[39], WikiProject Mining[40], WikiProject Skiing and Snowboarding[41], WikiProject Travel and Tourism[42]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Aspen include Aspen/Pitkin County Airport[43], an airport[44], in United States[45].

Why It Matters

Aspen has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Aspen is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for Aspen include Aspen/Pitkin County Airport[43], an airport[44], in United States[45].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . 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. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['aspen', 'aspen-colo']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: aspen-colo, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289914184|aspen colo (#289914184)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 14w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Aspen
    Capital of → Pitkin County
    Per capita income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+71707'}
    Coordinates → —
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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