Burton upon Trent

town in East Staffordshire, England
Place town Q1000597
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Summary

Burton upon Trent is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,442 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: East Staffordshire[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: market town[5]
  • Shares border with: Brailsford[6]
  • Twinned administrative body: Lingen[7]
  • Postal code: DE14[8]
  • Commons category: Burton upon Trent[9]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[10]
  • Local dialing code: 01283[11]
  • OS grid reference: SK245225[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Burton upon Trent[13]
  • Population: 75,074[14]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19]
  • Capital of: East Staffordshire[20]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Burton upon Trent[21]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Burton upon Trent[22]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Burton upon Trent[23]
  • Area: 20.5 km²[24]
  • Historic county: Staffordshire[25]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Burton upon Trent include Burton-on-Trent railway station[26], a railway station[27], in United Kingdom[28].

Why It Matters

Burton upon Trent has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for it include Burton-on-Trent railway station[26], a railway station[27], in United Kingdom[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Q43456378. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . lingen.de. Retrieved . lingen.de. Provenance: 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] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → East Staffordshire
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Burton upon Trent
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 52.801944444444, 'lon': -1.6366666666667}
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +2
    + 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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