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Norfolk

county in East Anglia, England, UK
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Summary

Norfolk is a ceremonial county of England[1]. Norfolk draws 11,292 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial county of england category, ranking #11 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: East of England[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: non-metropolitan county[5]
  • Capital: Norwich[6]
  • Shares border with: Lincolnshire[7], Suffolk[8], Cambridgeshire[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Norwich[10], South Norfolk[11], Great Yarmouth[12], Broadland[13], North Norfolk[14], King's Lynn and West Norfolk[15], Breckland[16]
  • Flag: flag of Norfolk[17]
  • Twinned administrative body: Norfolk, Virginia[18]
  • Legislative body: council of Norfolk County Council[19]
  • Commons category: Norfolk, England[20]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[21]
  • Said to be the same as: Norfolk[22]
  • Authority: Norfolk County Council[23]
  • Official website: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Norfolk[25]
  • Population: 903,680[26], 561,071[27], 273,479[28], 251,435[29], 176,844[30], 486,920[31], 148,085[32], 914,039[33], 865,300[34], 925,299[35]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[37], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[38]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Norfolk, England[39]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Norfolk, England[40]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Norfolk[41]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Norfolk[42]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Norfolk[43]
  • Different from: Norfolk[44]
  • Area: 5380.0193 km²[45]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Norfolk include Norfolk County[46], a county of Massachusetts[47], in United States[48], founded in 1793[49]; Norfolk wherry[50], a boat type[51]; and Norfolk Black[52], a turkey breed[53], in United Kingdom[54].

Why It Matters

Norfolk has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Norfolk is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Entities named for Norfolk include Norfolk County[46], a county of Massachusetts[47], in United States[48], founded in 1793[49]; Norfolk wherry[50], a boat type[51]; and Norfolk Black[52], a turkey breed[53], in United Kingdom[54].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . visionofbritain.org.uk. visionofbritain.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . visionofbritain.org.uk. visionofbritain.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . campop.geog.cam.ac.uk. campop.geog.cam.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . etd.fcla.edu. etd.fcla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . etd.fcla.edu. etd.fcla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . etd.fcla.edu. etd.fcla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [54] ↑ . 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. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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