Bolton
town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England
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Summary
Bolton is a town[1]. Bolton ranks in the top 0.56% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,314 views/month, #53 of 9,456).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bolton[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: big city[5], unparished area[6], market town[7]
- Shares border with: Manchester[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Paderborn[9], Le Mans[10]
- Postal code: BL1 - BL7[11]
- Commons category: Bolton[12]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[13]
- Local dialing code: 01204[14]
- OS grid reference: SD715095[15]
- Official website: https://www.bolton.gov.uk/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bolton[17]
- Population: 128,139[18], 285,372[19]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23]
- Capital of: Bolton[24]
- Official name: Bolton[25]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bolton[26]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bolton[27]
- Native label: Bolton[28]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Bolton[29]
- Different from: Bolton[30]
- Area: 55.26 km²[31]
- Historic county: Lancashire[32]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Bolton include Bolton[33], a town in the United States[34], in United States[35], founded in 1720[36].
Why It Matters
Bolton has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Bolton is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Entities named for Bolton include Bolton[33], a town in the United States[34], in United States[35], founded in 1720[36].