Rochdale
town in Greater Manchester, England
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Summary
Rochdale is a town[1]. Rochdale ranks in the top 0.44% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,269 views/month, #42 of 9,456).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rochdale[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: unparished area[5]
- Shares border with: Whitworth[6]
- Twinned administrative body: Peine[7], Bielefeld[8], Lviv[9], Sahiwal[10], Tourcoing[11]
- Postal code: OL16[12]
- Commons category: Rochdale[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[14]
- Local dialing code: 01706[15]
- OS grid reference: SD893130[16]
- Official website: http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rochdale[18]
- Population: 110,194[19], 107,926[20]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23]
- Capital of: Rochdale[24]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rochdale[25]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Rochdale[26]
- Native label: Rochdale[27]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Rochdale[28]
- Different from: Rochedale[29]
- Historic county: Lancashire[30]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Rochdale include Rochdale railway station[31], a railway station[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 2013[34].
Why It Matters
Rochdale has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Rochdale is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]
Entities named for Rochdale include Rochdale railway station[31], a railway station[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 2013[34].