Hastings
town in East Sussex, on the south coast of England
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Summary
Hastings is a town[1]. Hastings ranks in the top 0.24% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,748 views/month, #23 of 9,456).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Eurotowns network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hastings[4]
- Country: United Kingdom[5]
- Instance of: market town[6]
- Shares border with: Battle[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Schwerte[8], Oudenaarde[9], Dordrecht[10]
- Commons category: Hastings[11]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[12]
- Local dialing code: 01424[13]
- OS grid reference: TQ817094[14]
- Official website: https://www.hastings.gov.uk/[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hastings[16]
- Population: 91,053[17]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[23]
- Capital of: Hastings[24]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Hastings[25]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hastings[26]
- Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Hastings[27]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Hastings[28]
- Different from: Hastings[29]
- Area: 29.72 km²[30]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Hastings[31]
- Historic county: Sussex[32]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Hastings include Hastings[33], a suburb[34], in Australia[35] and Hastings railway station[36], a railway station[37], in United Kingdom[38], founded in 1851[39].
Why It Matters
Hastings has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Hastings is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for Hastings include Hastings[33], a suburb[34], in Australia[35] and Hastings railway station[36], a railway station[37], in United Kingdom[38], founded in 1851[39].