Blackburn

Summary

Blackburn is a town^[1]. Blackburn ranks in the top 0.4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,872 views/month, #38 of 9,456).^[2]

Key Facts

• Blackburn is located in Blackburn with Darwen^[3].
• Blackburn is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Blackburn's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Blackburn's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[6].
• Blackburn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Altena^[7].
• Blackburn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Péronne^[8].
• Blackburn's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tarnów^[9].
• Blackburn's Commons category is recorded as Blackburn^[10].
• Blackburn's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[11].
• Blackburn's local dialing code is recorded as 01254^[12].
• Blackburn's OS grid reference is recorded as SD685277^[13].
• Blackburn's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.7449, 'lon': -2.4769}^[14].
• Blackburn's official website is recorded as http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/^[15].
• Blackburn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blackburn^[16].
• Blackburn has a population of {'amount': '+117963'}^[17].
• Blackburn's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Blackburn's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[19].
• Blackburn's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• Blackburn's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[21].
• Blackburn's capital of is recorded as Blackburn with Darwen^[22].
• Blackburn's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Blackburn^[23].
• Blackburn's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Blackburn^[24].
• Blackburn's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Blackburn^[25].
• Blackburn's different from is recorded as Blackburn^[26].
• Blackburn covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+24.5'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Blackburn is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Blackburn is located in Blackburn with Darwen^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Blackburn covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+24.5'}^[27]. Blackburn has a population of {'amount': '+117963'}^[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[5] and unparished area^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Blackburn include Blackburn Rovers F.C.^[28], an association football club^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1875^[31] and Blackburn railway station^[32], a railway station^[33], in United Kingdom^[34].

Why It Matters

Blackburn ranks in the top 0.4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,872 views/month, #38 of 9,456).^[2] Blackburn has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] Blackburn is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for Blackburn include Blackburn Rovers F.C.^[28], an association football club^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1875^[31] and Blackburn railway station^[32], a railway station^[33], in United Kingdom^[34].