Burnley
market town in Lancashire, England, UK
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Summary
Burnley is a market town[1]. Burnley ranks in the top 6% of market town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,950 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Burnley[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: unparished area[5]
- Shares border with: Clitheroe[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Vitry-sur-Seine[7]
- Postal code: BB10-12[8]
- Commons category: Burnley[9]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[10]
- Local dialing code: 01282[11]
- OS grid reference: SD836326[12]
- Official website: http://www.burnley.gov.uk/[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Burnley[14]
- Population: 73,021[15], 82,002[16]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19]
- Capital of: Burnley[20]
- Official name: Burnley[21]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Burnley[22]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Burnley[23]
- Native label: Burnley[24]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Burnley[25]
- Different from: Burnley[26]
- Area: 15.82 km²[27]
- Historic county: Lancashire[28]
Why It Matters
Burnley has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Burnley is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]