Herne Bay

seaside town in Kent, South East England
Place town Q929286
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Herne Bay

Summary

Herne Bay is a town[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Herne Bay is located in Canterbury[3].
  • Herne Bay is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Herne Bay's image is recorded as Herne Bay in Kent - aerial image (33123717208).jpg[5].
  • Herne Bay's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Herne Bay's instance of is recorded as unparished area[7].
  • Herne Bay's official language is recorded as English[8].
  • Herne Bay's shares border with is recorded as Ramsgate[9].
  • Herne Bay's twinned administrative body is recorded as Wimereux[10].
  • Herne Bay's twinned administrative body is recorded as Waltrop[11].
  • Herne Bay's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134849780[12].
  • Herne Bay's GND ID is recorded as 5059073-X[13].
  • Herne Bay's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n78087939[14].
  • Herne Bay's postal code is recorded as CT6[15].
  • Herne Bay's Commons category is recorded as Herne Bay, Kent[16].
  • Herne Bay's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2522687[17].
  • Herne Bay's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[18].
  • Herne Bay's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[19].
  • Herne Bay's local dialing code is recorded as 01227[20].
  • Herne Bay's OS grid reference is recorded as TR177681[21].
  • Herne Bay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.3706, 'lon': 1.127}[22].
  • Herne Bay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xmtf[23].
  • Herne Bay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Herne Bay, Kent[24].
  • Herne Bay's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000973853[25].
  • Herne Bay's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as f05cc5d0-0504-4561-9982-49feaed7f94d[26].
  • Herne Bay's spoken text audio is recorded as Herne Bay.ogg[27].

Body

Geography

Herne Bay is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Canterbury[3].

Physical Characteristics

Herne Bay's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.79'}[28]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+38385'}[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6] and unparished area[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Herne Bay include it F.C.[30], an association football club[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1886[33].

Why It Matters

Herne Bay ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for it include it F.C.[30], an association football club[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1886[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . archINFORM. Retrieved . 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q14005. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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