Bath

Summary

Bath is a city^[1]. Bath has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Bath was a member of Organization of World Heritage Cities^[3].
• Bath is located in Bath and North East Somerset^[4].
• Bath is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Bath is on the body of water River Avon^[6].
• Bath's instance of is recorded as city^[7].
• Bath's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[8].
• Bath's instance of is recorded as urban area^[9].
• Bath's instance of is recorded as city of United Kingdom^[10].
• Bath followed Aquae Sulis^[11].
• Bath's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brunswick^[12].
• Bath's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alkmaar^[13].
• Bath's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aix-en-Provence^[14].
• Bath's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaposvár^[15].
• Bath's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oleksandriia^[16].
• Bath's twinned administrative body is recorded as Beppu^[17].
• Bath's twinned administrative body is recorded as Manly^[18].
• Bath's postal code is recorded as BA1^[19].
• Bath's postal code is recorded as BA2^[20].
• Bath is part of The Great Spa Towns of Europe^[21].
• Bath's Commons category is recorded as Bath, Somerset^[22].
• Bath's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[23].
• Bath's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[24].
• Bath's local dialing code is recorded as 01225^[25].
• 43 marks the founding of Bath^[26].
• Bath's OS grid reference is recorded as ST745645^[27].

Body

Geography

Bath is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Bath is located in Bath and North East Somerset^[4]. Bath is on the body of water River Avon^[6]. Bath is part of The Great Spa Towns of Europe^[21].

Physical Characteristics

Bath covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+29'}^[28]. Bath sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+132'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+88180'}^[30], {'amount': '+94092'}^[31], and {'amount': '+83286'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[7], unparished area^[8], urban area^[9], and city of United Kingdom^[10]. Heritage statuses include World Heritage Site^[33] and part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[34].

History and Context

43 marks the founding of Bath^[26].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bath include Bath Oliver^[35]; Bath County^[36], a county of Virginia^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1790^[39]; Bath bun^[40]; Bath chair^[41]; Bathonian^[42], a stage^[43], in France^[44]; Bath^[45], a borough of Pennsylvania^[46], in United States^[47], founded in 1816^[48]; and Bath Stone^[49], a geoheritage^[50], in United Kingdom^[51].

Why It Matters

Bath has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Bath is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[52]

Entities named for Bath include Bath Oliver^[35]; Bath County^[36], a county of Virginia^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1790^[39]; Bath bun^[40]; Bath chair^[41]; Bathonian^[42], a stage^[43], in France^[44]; and Bath^[45], a borough of Pennsylvania^[46], in United States^[47], founded in 1816^[48].