Rochester

town and former city in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, England
Place historic_city Q507517
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Summary

Rochester is a historic city[1]. Rochester draws 2,236 Wikipedia views per month (historic city category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Medway[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: River Medway[5]
  • Instance of: town[6], unparished area[7], market town[8]
  • Commons category: Rochester, Kent[9]
  • Local dialing code: 01634[10]
  • Has part(s): Rochester Riverside[11]
  • OS grid reference: TQ739684[12]
  • Coordinate location: 51.38764, 0.50546[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rochester, Kent[14]
  • Population: 62,982[15]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Pauly–Wissowa[20]
  • Category for people born here: Q17486112[21]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Rochester[22]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Rochester, Kent[23]
  • Different from: Rochester Riverside[24]
  • Historic county: Kent[25]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Rochester include Rochester railway station[26], a railway station[27], in United Kingdom[28].

Why It Matters

Rochester has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Rochester is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for Rochester include Rochester railway station[26], a railway station[27], in United Kingdom[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . 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. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · JBradyK · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topostext place id → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Topostext place id: 514005UDur"
  2. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Medway
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 51.38764, 'longitude': 0.50546}
    Has parts → —
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Rochester, Kent
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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