Bury
town in Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Summary
Bury is a town[1]. Bury ranks in the top 2% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,622 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bury[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: unparished area[5], market town[6]
- Shares border with: Ramsbottom[7], Radcliffe[8]
- Twinned administrative body: Schorndorf[9], Angoulême[10], Tulle[11], Woodbury[12], Datong[13]
- Postal code: BL9[14]
- Commons category: Bury, Greater Manchester[15]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[16]
- OS grid reference: SD805105[17]
- Official website: http://www.bury.gov.uk[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bury, Greater Manchester[19]
- Population: 78,729[20]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22]
- Capital of: Bury[23]
- Official name: Bury[24]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bury, Greater Manchester[25]
- Category for people who died here: Q114381182[26]
- Native label: Bury[27]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Bury, Greater Manchester[28]
- Different from: Bury[29]
- Area: 30.1 km²[30]
- Historic county: Lancashire[31]
Why It Matters
Bury has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Bury is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]