Colchester
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Summary
Colchester is a town[1]. Colchester ranks in the top 0.23% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,865 views/month, #22 of 9,456).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Colchester[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Colne[5]
- Instance of: unparished area[6], civil parish[7], market town[8], city[9]
- Follows: Camulodunum[10]
- Twinned administrative body: Wetzlar[11], Avignon[12], Imola[13], Yangzhou[14]
- Postal code: CO1 – CO7[15]
- Commons category: Colchester[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[17]
- Local dialing code: 01206[18]
- OS grid reference: TL997254[19]
- Significant event: Siege of Colchester[20]
- Official website: https://www.colchester.gov.uk/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Colchester[22]
- Commons gallery: Colchester[23]
- Population: 121,859[24], 34,559[25]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[28], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[29], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[32]
- Capital of: Colchester[33]
- Category for people born here: Q9966342[34]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Colchester[35]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Colchester[36]
- Different from: Colchester[37]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Colchester[38]
- Historic county: Essex[39]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Colchester include Colchester United F.C.[40], an association football club[41], in United Kingdom[42], founded in 1937[43]; Colchester railway station[44], a railway station[45], in United Kingdom[46]; and Colchester Town railway station[47], a railway station[48], in United Kingdom[49].
Why It Matters
Colchester has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Colchester is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]
Entities named for Colchester include Colchester United F.C.[40], an association football club[41], in United Kingdom[42], founded in 1937[43]; Colchester railway station[44], a railway station[45], in United Kingdom[46]; and Colchester Town railway station[47], a railway station[48], in United Kingdom[49].