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Selwyn

township municipality in Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
Organization Township Municipality In Ontario Q4116601

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
township municipality in Ontario, lower-tier municipality of Ontario, dispersed rural community[4][5]
Official website
www.selwyntownship.ca[15]

Status and dates

Inception
1822[12]

Location

Country
Canada[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 44.440°, -78.343°, 🗺️ 44.404°, -78.339°[13][14]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Peterborough County[2]
More facts +7
Website
www.selwyntownship.ca
Located in
Peterborough County
Area
315640000.0
Contains settlement
Bridgenorth, Ennismore, Lakefield, Young's Point[17][18]
Coordinates
🗺️ 44.440°, -78.343°, 🗺️ 44.404°, -78.339°
Population
17,060[16]
Shares border with
Kawartha Lakes, Trent Lakes, North Kawartha, Douro-Dummer, Cavan Monaghan, Peterborough[6][7][8][9][10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Selwyn en Selwyn, Ontario en Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield ar سميث إنيسمور ليكفيلد de ehemals Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield es Selwyn (Ontario) fa سلوین ja セルウィン ja セルウィン郡区 ja タウンシップ・オヴ・セルウィン ru Смит-Эннисмор-Лейкфилд sv Township of Selwyn uk Селвін
🔖 Identifiers · 10
VIAF cluster ID
135999509
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lakefield ON.JPG ↗
CGNDB unique ID
FEVML, FDWXM
Freebase ID
/m/028p2n
GeoNames ID
6144105, 6149993
OpenStreetMap relation ID
7473410
SNARC ID
Frederick of Strasbourg
Statistics Canada Geographic code
3515015
Who's on First ID
101736237, 890456917
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfWYbKGJYT9Dhv7Hpp9Dq

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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 6
Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Cavan Monaghan, Douro-Dummer, North Kawartha, Trent Lakes
← Shares border with 6
Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Cavan Monaghan, Douro-Dummer, North Kawartha, Trent Lakes
Contained subdivisions 2
Buckhorn Lake, Pigeon Lake
People born here 2
Bryan Young, Bruce Ridpath
Country 1
Canada
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Peterborough County
People who died here 1
Margaret Laurence
SNARC ID 1
Frederick of Strasbourg
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Peterborough County
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Summary

Selwyn is a township municipality in Ontario[1].

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca. Retrieved . gisapplication.lrc.gov.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Canadian Geographical Names Database. www4.nrcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . www12.statcan.gc.ca. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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