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Blandford Forum

town and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
Place town Q644530
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Summary

Blandford Forum is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (403 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blandford Forum is located in Dorset[3].
  • Blandford Forum is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Blandford Forum's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Blandford Forum's instance of is recorded as civil parish[6].
  • Blandford Forum's postal code is recorded as DT11[7].
  • Blandford Forum's Commons category is recorded as Blandford Forum[8].
  • Blandford Forum's said to be the same as is recorded as Blandford Forum[9].
  • Blandford Forum's local dialing code is recorded as 01258[10].
  • Blandford Forum's OS grid reference is recorded as ST886069[11].
  • Blandford Forum's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.8615, 'lon': -2.1627}[12].
  • Blandford Forum's authority is recorded as Blandford Forum Town Council[13].
  • Blandford Forum's official website is recorded as http://www.blandford-tc.co.uk/[14].
  • Blandford Forum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blandford Forum[15].
  • Blandford Forum has a population of {'amount': '+10607'}[16].
  • Blandford Forum has a population of {'amount': '+8745'}[17].
  • Blandford Forum has a population of {'amount': '+193'}[18].
  • Blandford Forum has a population of {'amount': '+3370'}[19].
  • Blandford Forum has a population of {'amount': '+3667'}[20].
  • Blandford Forum has a population of {'amount': '+3566'}[21].
  • Blandford Forum has a population of {'amount': '+3650'}[22].
  • Blandford Forum has a population of {'amount': '+3920'}[23].
  • Blandford Forum has a population of {'amount': '+7850'}[24].
  • Blandford Forum has a population of {'amount': '+10325'}[25].
  • Blandford Forum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • Blandford Forum's category for people who died here is recorded as Q107307433[27].

Body

Geography

Blandford Forum is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Dorset[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+10607'}[16], {'amount': '+8745'}[17], {'amount': '+193'}[18], {'amount': '+3370'}[19], {'amount': '+3667'}[20], and {'amount': '+3566'}[21].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Blandford Forum ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (403 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: 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] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . dorsetforyou.com. dorsetforyou.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 11d ago · Steinsky · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 27
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'bg', 'ceb', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'la', 'lld'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Population: 10,607"
  2. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Dorset
    Official website → http://www.blandford-tc.co.uk/
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 50.8615, 'lon': -2.1627}
    Category of associated people → Q107307425
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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