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Summary
Oxford is a county town[1]. Oxford ranks in the top 9% of county town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,972 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Climate Alliance[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Oxford[4]
- Country: United Kingdom[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: River Thames[6], River Cherwell[7]
- Instance of: college town[8], unparished area[9], city[10]
- Shares border with: Banbury[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Grenoble[12], Bonn[13], Leiden[14], Benevento[15], Catania[16], Padua[17], Ramallah[18]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Oxford[19], coat of arms[20]
- Postal code: OX1, OX2, OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44[21], OX postcode area[22]
- Commons category: Oxford[23]
- Patron saint: Frithuswith[24]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[25], Greenwich Mean Time[26], Western European Summer Time[27], Western European Time[28]
- Local dialing code: 01865[29]
- Inception: 1000[30]
- Significant event: Siege of Oxford[31]
- Official website: https://www.oxford.gov.uk/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Oxford[33]
- Commons gallery: Oxford[34]
- Streaming media URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St7aTfoIdYQ[35]
- Population: 147,500[36]
- Described by source: Vlastenský slovník historický[37], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[42], Anglické listy[43], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[44], Meyer’s Universum, Erster Band[45], Great dictionary of geographical names[46]
- Capital of: Oxfordshire[47]
- Official name: Oxford[48]
- Nickname: The City of Dreaming Spires[49]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Oxford[50]
Body
Cultural Significance
Things named for Oxford include Oxford City F.C.[51], an association football club[52], in United Kingdom[53], founded in 1882[54]; Oxford Street[55], a shopping street[56], in United Kingdom[57]; oxford[58]; Oxford railway station[59], a railway station[60], in United Kingdom[61]; London Oxford Airport[62], an airport[63], in United Kingdom[64]; Oxfordian[65], a stage[66]; Oxford Chest[67], a chest[68], founded in 1400[69]; and Pont d'Oxford[70], a bridge[71], in France[72], founded in 1991[73].
Why It Matters
Oxford has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[74] Oxford is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[75]
Entities named for Oxford include Oxford City F.C.[51], an association football club[52], in United Kingdom[53], founded in 1882[54]; Oxford Street[55], a shopping street[56], in United Kingdom[57]; oxford[58]; Oxford railway station[59], a railway station[60], in United Kingdom[61]; London Oxford Airport[62], an airport[63], in United Kingdom[64]; and Oxfordian[65], a stage[66].