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Freetown Christiania

autonomous community in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Summary

Freetown Christiania is an intentional community[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of intentional community entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,852 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Copenhagen Municipality[3]
  • Country: Denmark[4]
  • Instance of: commune[5], neighborhood[6], shanty town[7], micronation[8]
  • Founder: Jacob Ludvigsen[9]
  • Basic form of government: community[10]
  • Named after: Christianshavn[11]
  • Commons category: Christiania (Copenhagen)[12]
  • Archives at: International Institute of Social History[13]
  • Inception: September 1971[14]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: June 2013[15]
  • Located in/on physical feature: The cases de Bådsmandsstræde[16]
  • Official website: https://christiania.org[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Christiania (Copenhagen)[18]
  • Commons gallery: Christiania[19]
  • Described by source: Architecture and Anarchism: Building without Authority[20]
  • Topic has template: Template:Christiania[21]
  • Demonym: christianit[22]
  • Native label: Fristaden Christiania[23]
  • Different from: Christiania[24]
  • Area: 0.34 km²[25]
  • Language used: Danish[26]
  • Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Denmark[27]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[28]

Why It Matters

Freetown Christiania has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Denmark International Institute of Social History

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 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.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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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