Essex
ceremonial county in England (use Q21272241 for administrative non-metropolitan county)
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Summary
Essex is a ceremonial county of England[1]. Essex draws 12,295 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial county of england category, ranking #6 of 36).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: East of England[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Capital: Chelmsford[5]
- Shares border with: Hertfordshire[6], Cambridgeshire[7], Suffolk[8], Kent[9], Greater London[10], London[11]
- Named after: Kingdom of Essex[12]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Thurrock[13], Southend-on-Sea[14], Essex[15]
- Commons category: Essex[16]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[17]
- Said to be the same as: Essex[18]
- Official website: https://www.essex.gov.uk/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Essex[20]
- Commons gallery: Essex[21]
- Population: 1,832,752[22], 1,455,340[23], 1,856,063[24], 1,859,800[25]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Anglické listy[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32]
- Official name: Essex[33]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Essex[34]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Essex[35]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Essex[36]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Essex[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Essex[38]
- Different from: Essex[39]
- Area: 3669.6597 km²[40]
- History of topic: history of Essex[41]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Essex[42]
- Historic county: Essex[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Essex include Essex County[44], a county of New Jersey[45], in United States[46], founded in 1683[47] and Essex[48], an unincorporated community[49], in United States[50].
Why It Matters
Essex has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Essex is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
Entities named for Essex include Essex County[44], a county of New Jersey[45], in United States[46], founded in 1683[47] and Essex[48], an unincorporated community[49], in United States[50].