Helsingør
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Summary
Helsingør is a city[1]. Helsingør ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,840 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Helsingør Municipality[3]
- Country: Denmark[4]
- Twinned administrative body: Harstad Municipality[5], Vaasa[6], Rueil-Malmaison[7], Uummannaq[8], Sanremo[9], Umeå Municipality[10], Lake Elsinore[11], Helsingborg Municipality[12], Gdańsk[13]
- Postal code: 3000[14]
- Commons category: Helsingør[15]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[16], UTC+02:00[17]
- Local dialing code: 49[18]
- Located in/on physical feature: Zealand[19]
- Official website: https://www.helsingor.dk/[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Helsingør[21]
- Commons gallery: Helsingør[22]
- Population: 47,364[23]
- Time of earliest written record: 1231[24]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Trap Danmark (3rd ed.)[26], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[30], Trap Danmark (5th ed.)[31], Statistisk-topographisk Beskrivelse af Kongeriget Danmark[32]
- Capital of: Helsingør Municipality[33]
- Official name: Helsingør[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Helsingør[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Helsingør[36]
- Demonym: helsingoraner[37]
- Native label: Helsingør[38]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Helsingør[39]
- Different from: Ixelles[40], Helsingborg[41]
- Elevation above sea level: 8 m[42]
- Connects with: European route E55[43]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[44]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Helsingør include Helsingør Municipality[45], a municipality of Denmark[46], in Denmark[47], founded in 1970[48]; Elsinore[49], a town in the United States[50], in United States[51], founded in 1874[52]; Helsingør Station[53], a dead-end railway station[54], in Denmark[55]; and Helsingørmotorvejen[56], a controlled-access highway[57], in Denmark[58].
Why It Matters
Helsingør has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Helsingør is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for Helsingør include Helsingør Municipality[45], a municipality of Denmark[46], in Denmark[47], founded in 1970[48]; Elsinore[49], a town in the United States[50], in United States[51], founded in 1874[52]; Helsingør Station[53], a dead-end railway station[54], in Denmark[55]; and Helsingørmotorvejen[56], a controlled-access highway[57], in Denmark[58].