Rugby
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Summary
Rugby is a town[1]. Rugby ranks in the top 1% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,934 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rugby[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: unparished area[5], market town[6]
- Shares border with: Northampton[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Évreux[8], Rüsselsheim am Main[9]
- Postal code: CV21[10], CV22[11], CV23[12]
- Commons category: Rugby, Warwickshire[13]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[14], UTC+01:00[15]
- Local dialing code: 01788[16]
- OS grid reference: SP5075[17]
- Official website: http://www.rugby.gov.uk[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rugby, Warwickshire[19]
- Population: 70,627[20]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23]
- Capital of: Rugby[24]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rugby, Warwickshire[25]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Rugby, Warwickshire[26]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Rugby, Warwickshire[27]
- Different from: Rugby[28]
- Historic county: Warwickshire[29]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Rugby include Rugby Town F.C.[30], an association football club[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1955[33]; Rugby railway station[34], a railway station[35], in United Kingdom[36]; and Rugby[37], an unincorporated community[38], in United States[39].
Why It Matters
Rugby has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Rugby is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for Rugby include Rugby Town F.C.[30], an association football club[31], in United Kingdom[32], founded in 1955[33]; Rugby railway station[34], a railway station[35], in United Kingdom[36]; and Rugby[37], an unincorporated community[38], in United States[39].