Inverness
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Summary
Inverness is a city[1]. Inverness ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,837 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Highland[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Shares border with: Munlochy[5]
- Twinned administrative body: Augsburg[6], Saint-Valery-en-Caux[7], Hulluch[8]
- Postal code: IV1[9], IV3[10], IV2[11]
- Commons category: Inverness[12]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[13]
- Local dialing code: 1463[14]
- Significant event: Siege of Inverness[15]
- Official website: http://www.inverness-scotland.com/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Inverness[17]
- Commons gallery: Inverness[18]
- Population: 47,290[19], 40,011[20], 40,918[21], 40,949[22], 47,380[23], 46,870[24]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[25], Anglické listy[26], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[27], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30]
- Capital of: Highland[31]
- List of monuments: list of listed buildings in Inverness[32]
- Category for people born here: Q8054864[33]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Inverness[34]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Inverness[35]
- Different from: Inverness[36]
- Area: 8 square mile[37]
- Hashtag: Inverness[38]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Inverness include Inverness cape[39]; Inverness Airport[40], an airport[41], in United Kingdom[42], founded in 1947[43]; and Inverness railway station[44], a dead-end railway station[45], in United Kingdom[46].
Why It Matters
Inverness has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Inverness is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for Inverness include Inverness cape[39]; Inverness Airport[40], an airport[41], in United Kingdom[42], founded in 1947[43]; and Inverness railway station[44], a dead-end railway station[45], in United Kingdom[46].