Darwen

Summary

Darwen is a town^[1]. Darwen ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,129 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Darwen is located in Blackburn with Darwen^[3].
• Darwen is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Darwen's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Darwen's instance of is recorded as civil parish^[6].
• Darwen's instance of is recorded as market town^[7].
• Darwen's shares border with is recorded as Feniscowles^[8].
• Darwen's postal code is recorded as BB3^[9].
• Darwen's Commons category is recorded as Darwen^[10].
• Darwen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[11].
• Darwen's local dialing code is recorded as 01254^[12].
• Darwen's OS grid reference is recorded as SD695225^[13].
• Darwen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.698, 'lon': -2.461}^[14].
• Darwen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Darwen^[15].
• Darwen has a population of {'amount': '+28124'}^[16].
• Darwen has a population of {'amount': '+28046'}^[17].
• Darwen's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Darwen's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia (1902–1905)^[19].
• Darwen's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[20].
• Darwen's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• Darwen's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Darwen's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Darwen^[23].
• Darwen's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Darwen^[24].
• Darwen covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.58'}^[25].
• Darwen's historic county is recorded as Lancashire^[26].

Body

Geography

Darwen is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Darwen is located in Blackburn with Darwen^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Darwen covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+7.58'}^[25]. Population counts include {'amount': '+28124'}^[16] and {'amount': '+28046'}^[17].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[5], civil parish^[6], and market town^[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Darwen include Darwen F.C.^[27], an association football club^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 2009^[30] and Darwen railway station^[31], a railway station^[32], in United Kingdom^[33].

Why It Matters

Darwen ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,129 views/month).^[2] Darwen has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Darwen is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Darwen include Darwen F.C.^[27], an association football club^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 2009^[30] and Darwen railway station^[31], a railway station^[32], in United Kingdom^[33].