Lancaster

Summary

Lancaster is a city^[1]. Lancaster ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (594 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lancaster is located in Lancaster^[3].
• Lancaster is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Lancaster's image is recorded as Lancaster and the Lune from the Greyhound Bridge.jpg^[5].
• Lancaster's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Lancaster's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[7].
• Lancaster's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• Lancaster's shares border with is recorded as Quernmore^[9].
• Lancaster's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of arms of Lancaster City Council.png^[10].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perpignan^[11].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lublin^[12].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Viana do Castelo^[13].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Almere^[14].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aalborg^[15].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rendsburg^[16].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole^[17].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aalborg Municipality^[18].
• Lancaster's twinned administrative body is recorded as Växjö Municipality^[19].
• Lancaster's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 243037582^[20].
• Lancaster's GND ID is recorded as 4134126-0^[21].
• Lancaster's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79065290^[22].
• Lancaster's postal code is recorded as LA1^[23].
• Lancaster's Commons category is recorded as Lancaster, Lancashire^[24].
• Lancaster's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[25].
• Lancaster's local dialing code is recorded as 01524^[26].
• Lancaster's OS grid reference is recorded as SD475615^[27].

Body

Geography

Lancaster is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Lancaster is located in Lancaster^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Lancaster's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.85'}^[28]. Lancaster's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+9'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+52234'}^[30] and {'amount': '+52660'}^[31].

Designation and Status

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

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lancaster include Lancaster County^[32], a county of Pennsylvania^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1729^[35]; Avro Lancaster^[36], an aircraft family^[37]; Lancaster^[38], a town in the United States^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1643^[41]; and Lancaster railway station^[42], a railway station^[43], in United Kingdom^[44].

Why It Matters

Lancaster ranks in the top 5% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (594 views/month).^[2] Lancaster has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] Lancaster is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for Lancaster include Lancaster County^[32], a county of Pennsylvania^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1729^[35]; Avro Lancaster^[36], an aircraft family^[37]; Lancaster^[38], a town in the United States^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1643^[41]; and Lancaster railway station^[42], a railway station^[43], in United Kingdom^[44].