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Shotton

town and community in Flintshire, Wales
Place Town Q2355142

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
town, community[4]
Official name
Shotton, Shotton[12][13]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 53.209°, -3.042°[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Flintshire[2]

Population and size

Area
233.75[14]
Population
6.3k (6.3k–6.7k, n=3)[9][10][11]

Codes

Postal code
CH5[5]
More facts +5
Located in
Flintshire
Authority
Shotton Town Council[8]
Coordinates
🗺️ 53.209°, -3.042°
Historic county
Flintshire
OS grid reference
SJ305685[6]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 14
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
The Central Hotel, Shotton (geograph 3800291).jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
bbbbedfc-720b-49cf-9cc5-109bb6ebbdd9
FactGrid item ID
Mangonville
Freebase ID
/m/0329pw
GSS code (2011)
W04000208
GeoNames ID
7301173, 12261578
J9U entity ID
987007560265705171
MusicBrainz area ID
70010fa8-65f8-4379-874d-520302bd91ae
OpenStreetMap relation ID
11275929
SNARC ID
Gaius Valgius Rufus
TOID
7000000000022060, 4000000074558412
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
297671
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Vision of Britain place ID
20447
Who's on First ID
1125915881
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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 2
Shotton railway station, Hawarden Bridge railway station
Instance of 2
town, community
Country 1
United Kingdom
FactGrid item ID 1
Mangonville
Historic county 1
Flintshire
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Flintshire
Named after 1
Shotton railway station
SNARC ID 1
Gaius Valgius Rufus
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Summary

Shotton is a town[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Shotton include Shotton railway station[15], a railway station[16], in United Kingdom[17], founded in 1972[18].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Shotton include Shotton railway station[15], a railway station[16], in United Kingdom[17], founded in 1972[18].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . List of Standardised Welsh Place-names. comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . List of Standardised Welsh Place-names. comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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