Hastings

Summary

Hastings is a town^[1]. Hastings ranks in the top 0.24% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (901 views/month, #23 of 9,456).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hastings was a member of Eurotowns network^[3].
• Hastings is located in Hastings^[4].
• Hastings is in the country of United Kingdom^[5].
• Hastings's image is recorded as Hastings town centre.JPG^[6].
• Hastings's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Hastings's instance of is recorded as market town^[8].
• Hastings's shares border with is recorded as Battle^[9].
• Hastings's coat of arms image is recorded as Hastings Emblem Vectorized.svg^[10].
• Hastings's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of Hastings.svg^[11].
• Hastings's twinned administrative body is recorded as Schwerte^[12].
• Hastings's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oudenaarde^[13].
• Hastings's twinned administrative body is recorded as Dordrecht^[14].
• Hastings's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136080566^[15].
• Hastings's GND ID is recorded as 4023626-2^[16].
• Hastings's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83141520^[17].
• Hastings's Commons category is recorded as Hastings^[18].
• Hastings's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[19].
• Hastings's local dialing code is recorded as 01424^[20].
• Hastings's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ817094^[21].
• Hastings's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.855, 'lon': 0.5833333333333334}^[22].
• Hastings's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03lkp^[23].
• Hastings's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge769897^[24].
• Hastings's official website is recorded as https://www.hastings.gov.uk/^[25].
• Hastings's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hastings^[26].
• Hastings's page banner is recorded as Hastings (England) Banner.jpg^[27].

Body

Geography

Hastings is in the country of United Kingdom^[5]. Hastings is located in Hastings^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Hastings's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+29.72'}^[28]. Hastings's population is recorded as {'amount': '+91053'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[7] and market town^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Hastings include Hastings^[30], a suburb^[31], in Australia^[32] and Hastings railway station^[33], a railway station^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1851^[36].

Why It Matters

Hastings ranks in the top 0.24% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (901 views/month, #23 of 9,456).^[2] Hastings has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] Hastings is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for Hastings include Hastings^[30], a suburb^[31], in Australia^[32] and Hastings railway station^[33], a railway station^[34], in United Kingdom^[35], founded in 1851^[36].