Huddersfield
town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England
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Summary
Huddersfield is a town[1]. Huddersfield ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,685 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kirklees[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: big city[5], unparished area[6], market town[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Plungė[8], Besançon[9]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Huddersfield[10]
- Postal code: HD1-5[11], HD7-8[12]
- Commons category: Huddersfield[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[14]
- Local dialing code: 01484[15]
- Inception: 1086[16]
- OS grid reference: SE145165[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Huddersfield[18]
- Commons gallery: Huddersfield[19]
- Population: 162,949[20]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], The Encyclopedia Americana[26], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[27], New International Encyclopedia[28], The New Student's Reference Work[29]
- Capital of: Kirklees[30]
- Category for people born here: Q8077470[31]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Huddersfield[32]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Huddersfield[33]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Huddersfield[34]
- Different from: Hadersfild[35]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Huddersfield[36]
- Historic county: Yorkshire[37]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Huddersfield include Huddersfield railway station[38], a railway station[39], in United Kingdom[40].
Why It Matters
Huddersfield has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Huddersfield is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]
Entities named for Huddersfield include Huddersfield railway station[38], a railway station[39], in United Kingdom[40].